September 2024

September 2024 added new major features that broaden access, visibility, and resilience across your Files.com site.

SIEM Integrations

You can now export your site's logs to Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, including Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, Sumo Logic, Datadog, New Relic, and others.

Use your SIEM platform to track events across your Files.com site and respond to them in real time.

If your plan supports this feature, a site administrator can configure a SIEM integration to define which logs are exported.

Learn more about configuring SIEM with your Files.com site.

Point-In-Time Access to S3 Versioned Buckets

The S3 Remote Server Integration now supports viewing a versioned bucket as it appeared on a specific date and time. Site administrators can browse and download the contents of any connected versioned bucket from any point in the version's history.

Recover deleted or overwritten files from your versioned bucket and restore them directly to your Files.com site. Sync any remote server connection to an S3 versioned bucket to create your own backup for ransomware protection.

This feature is automatically available on all AWS S3 buckets that support versioning.

Learn more about Point-In-Time Filtering for File Restoration.

Direct Access to Child Sites

Site administrators can now access the contents of any child site through the system-controlled underscore folder. Transfer files from child sites to any location within your parent site.

This feature is available for any site administrator of the parent site.

Learn more about Accessing Child Sites.

Minor Updates

Additional Regions for Akamai Linode

The Akamai Linode integration now lets site administrators define Akamai Linode Remote Servers in 19 storage locations.

Learn more about Akamai Linode.

Agent Dedicated IP Address

The On-Premise Agent now automatically uses the dedicated IP addresses for your site. Update your agent installation to the latest version to enable this behavior.

Learn more about Downloading and Installing the Agent.

Improved Performance for AWS S3 Mounts

Listing mounted S3 folders is now much faster, especially when Browsing a Remote Server. No action is required to enable the performance boost.

Learn more about using Amazon S3 with your Files.com site.

Better Reliability for Large Dropbox Downloads

Very large downloads from Dropbox are now automatically split into chunks so that Dropbox system timeouts no longer interrupt transfers of extremely large files. No action is needed to enable the improved transfer.

Learn more about Troubleshooting Dropbox.

Options for Excluding Files from Automations

You can now enter a pattern for files to exclude from the source matching in Automations, letting you process only items that don't match the exclusion pattern. The option to exclude files is available for any Move File, Copy File or Delete File Automation.

Learn more about Matching Source Path and Filenames.

Improved Reliability for Automations Logging

We located and fixed a problem that caused some Move File and Copy File automations to erroneously report failure. The fix has been applied to all sites, and no action is required.

Learn more about Automations Run Logs.

Validation for Custom Schedule

The Custom Schedule options control when your Automations run. We found and fixed several automations whose schedules prevented them from running. To prevent this from recurring, we tightened the validation rules for Automation custom schedules. You can no longer define an automation with a start time after its end time. If you use the Custom Schedule option for Automations, verify your schedules are configured as expected.

Learn more about Automation Triggers.

Improved Sync Parallelism

Initiating multiple syncs in parallel is now more performant, so files transfer more quickly even when your site has dozens of syncs scheduled. No action is needed to enable this improvement.

Learn more about Parallelism, Scheduling and Sync Speeds.

New Page for Child Sites

The new Child Sites page lets site administrators create new Child Sites and provides one-click access to the contents of any child site. This page is available to site administrators only.

Learn more about Child Sites.

Login Error Visibility

Logging into the web interface with two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled now surfaces errors more clearly to the authenticating user. Account problems unrelated to 2FA, such as a disabled user, are surfaced instead of hidden behind a generic 2FA error.

Learn more about Disabling Users.

Interface Polish

Table layouts are now more consistent, including when a table contains thousands of entries. Buttons have been standardized and placed in consistent locations. Alert messages are less alarming when they convey information rather than warnings.

No action is required to enable this update, and there's more on the way.

Sunset of Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) 2FA Method

WebAuthn authentication supersedes the Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) two-factor method. The U2F option has been removed from Files.com and is no longer supported. No action is required by a site administrator. Any existing users configured with U2F have been automatically updated to use WebAuthn.

Learn more about Supported 2FA methods.

Generate SCIM Authentication Token in Web Interface

The SSO Provider form now lets site administrators automatically generate an authentication token for new providers. The button to generate a token is available when you configure a provider and enable provisioning via SCIM.

Learn more about Automated User Provisioning and Management.

Improved Performance for Duo TOTP Tokens

One-time 2FA tokens generated by the Duo TOTP system now work more reliably. No action is required to enable this improvement.

Learn more about Troubleshooting 2FA.

Boomi Connector Documentation

In addition to the documentation hosted by Boomi for the Files.com connector, our developers site now includes detailed information about the Boomi Connector, covering all supported operations.

Learn more about using Boomi with your Files.com site.

Filtering/Sorting List Requests

The documentation for the filtering and sorting options available on list requests has been improved. Our official SDK READMEs and our developers site now include examples of filtering by pattern, range, or exact match.

Learn more in our developer documentation.

Rclone Support for Files.com

Version 1.68 of Rclone includes support for Files.com sites. You can use the Rclone tool to manage files on over 70 cloud storage services, including those that don't yet directly integrate with Files.com.

Learn more about Rclone.

Java SDK Streaming Uploads Change

The Java SDK now supports streaming uploads that do not require the content length. Memory management has also been improved to avoid reading the entire file into memory before uploading. To take advantage of this improvement, upgrade to v1.4.47 or higher of the Java SDK.

Learn more in the Java SDK README on Github.

New files_site resource for Terraform Provider

A new resource type — files_site — can now be managed via the Terraform provider. You can modify site-wide settings, for example to synchronize settings between a parent site and child sites.

Learn more about Terraform.

Fixed Documentation of CLI Arguments

Some CLI commands in the Developers documentation showed arguments using snake case rather than kebab case. This has been fixed, and the CLI examples are ready for use.

Learn more in our developer documentation.