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6.9. WebDAV / SharePoint Online

A webdavs location provides access to a WebDAV server over a protected HTTPS connection.

SharePoint Online is the only WebDAV server currently supported. Only username and password credentials are supported to authenticate against the WebDAV server provided by SharePoint Online as part of the Office 365 claims-based authentication.

It is assumed that the WebDAV server handles the path in a case-insensitive manner. Please get in touch if your WebDAV server is case-sensitive.

Unlike a web browser, to protect the HTTPS connection you will have to explicitly configure the list of trusted CA and the location of the CRLs.

6.9.1. name

Default value

Empty

Optional

No

From version

2.8.0

Values
  • Any text.

Description

Human-readable short text used to identify this location.

6.9.2. description

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

From version

2.8.0

Values
  • Any text.

Description

Human-readable text that describes the purpose of this location.

6.9.3. type

Default value

''

Optional

No

From version

2.6.0

Values
  • filesystem - Local file system.

  • sftp - SFTP protocol v3 over SSH v2.

  • ftp - FTP protocol without any encryption.

  • ftpse - Explicit FTPS protocol.

  • ftpsi - Implicit FTPS protocol.

  • webdavs - WebDAV over HTTPS.

  • as2 - AS2 over HTTP or HTTPS

  • azure-file - Azure File Service.

  • smb - SMB / Windows Share

Description

This option specifies the type of the location. Each type has a set of specific configuration options

6.9.4. idle_connection_timeout

Default value

300

Optional

Yes

From version

3.0.0

Values
  • Number of seconds

  • 0

Description

This controls the automatic disconnection from the remote server after the location has not received any file transfer operation requests for the configured number of seconds.

Keep-alive command requests are not counted as file transfer operations. The connection gets automatically disconnected if keep-alive is the only command requested in the configured interval.

Disconnected locations automatically reconnect when a new file transfer operation request is made. For example, when a new file needs to be transferred to the remote server.

If the remote peer closes the connection before the configured timeout, the connection is left closed. It gets automatically reconnected when a new file transfer operation is requested.

Set to 0 to always keep the connection active, by forcing re-connection when the remote server closes the connection.

Note

The idle_connection_timeout is the maximum number of seconds before closing an idle connection to the server. If the remote server decides that the connection is idle and closes the connection, SFTPPlus doesn't try to "challenge" the server, leaving the connection closed. The connection is automatically reopened next time a file needs to be transferred.

6.9.5. idle_connection_keepalive_interval

Default value

0

Optional

Yes

From version

3.0.0

Values
  • Number of seconds

Description

Send a keep-alive command every N seconds to avoid having the connection disconnected by the other peer due to inactivity.

Set to 0 to disable keep-alive commands.

The keep-alive command does not reset the idle connection timeout,

6.9.6. connection_retry_count

Default value

12

Optional

Yes

From version

3.9.0

Values
  • Number of retries

Description

Number of times to retry connection to the location, when the initial connection fails.

Set to 0 to not retry.

6.9.7. connection_retry_interval

Default value

300

Optional

Yes

From version

3.9.0

Values
  • Number of seconds

Description

Number of seconds to wait between connection attempts.

Set to 0 to retry right away without any delay.

6.9.8. url

Default value

Empty

Optional

No

Values
  • URL

From version

4.11.0

Description

Full URL address of the WebDAV server root page.

For SharePoint Online you can define it as:

url = https://YOUR-SITE.sharepoint.com

For generic WebDAV servers you can define it as:

url = https://files.example.com
or
url = https://files.example.com/path/webdav/resource

Or if you need a custom port number use:

url = https://files.example.com/path/webdav/resource

When this is defined as an http:// URL, the SSL configuration options are ignored.

6.9.9. username

Default value

Empty

Optional

No

From version

3.20.0

Values
  • Text.

Description

Username used to authenticate to the WebDAV server.

6.9.10. password

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

From version

3.0.0

Values
  • Plain text password.

  • Empty.

Description

This option specifies the password used to connect to the WebDAV server.

It is defined in plain text format and sent over the network protected by the HTTPS connection.

6.9.11. proxy

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • URI like expression.

  • connect://12.342.421.2:3128

From version

3.20.0

Description

This configuration adds the proxy used to connect to the final URL.

For now, only the HTTP/1.1 CONNECT tunneling proxy method is supported.

Leave it empty to not use a proxy.

6.9.12. authentication_method

Default value

'sharepoint-online'

Optional

Yes

Values
  • sharepoint-online

  • basic-authentication-scheme

From version

4.12.0

Description

The authentication method to use for connecting to the WebDAV server.

The default value of sharepoint-online is used for the Microsoft SharePoint Online cloud service authenticated via the Microsoft single sign-on process.

Another supported method is basic-authentication-scheme, the HTTP "Basic" access authentication, as per RFC 7617.

6.9.13. allow_insecure_http

Default value

'No'

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Yes

  • No

From version

4.12.0

Description

When set to Yes, the WebDAV connection is made via insecure HTTP instead of HTTPS.

Warning

This is useful for testing or troubleshooting, but is strongly discouraged in production, because it sends all communication including passwords and data as plaintext over the network.

6.9.14. ssl_domains

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Fully qualified domain name (FQDN)

  • Comma separated list of fully qualified domain names

  • Empty

From version

3.42.0 This configuration option defines the domain for which SFTPPlus will request certificates from the Let's Encrypt server.

The same domain can be shared by multiple services.

The domain name is handled as a case-insensitive lower case value.

You can generate a certificate with multiple domain names (Subject Alternative Name - SAN), by defining a comma-separated list of domain names. The first name from the list is used as the common name of the certificate, while the remaining names are used for the SAN extension.

For this option to be used, you need to define a lets-encrypt resource.

6.9.15. ssl_certificate

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Absolute path on the local filesystem.

  • Certificate in PEM text format (Since 3.40.0).

  • Certificate in PKCS12 / PXF binary format (Since 4.0.0).

  • Empty

From version

1.6.0

To version

None

Description

This can be defined as an absolute path on the local filesystem to the file containing the SSL certificate or chain of certificates used by the component.

File content should be encoded in the Privacy-Enhanced Mail (PEM) or PKCS12 / PFX formats.

File extension should be .p12 or .pfx for the file to be recognized as a PCKS-12 certificate. The password for the PCKS12 / PFX certificate should be set in the ssl_key_password configuration option.

Note

The path should not be longer than 256 characters.

You can also define the content of the certificate as text in PEM format. In this case the configuration will look as in the following example. It's important to start each line with at least one space character and keep the number of leading spaces constant:

ssl_certificate = -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIICaDCCAdGgAwIBAgIBDjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBGMQswCQYDVQQGEwJHQjEP
    ...
    MORE CERTIFICATE DATA
    ...
    JZQaMjV9XxNTFOlNUTWswff3uE677wSVDPSuNkxo2FLRcGfPUxAQGsgL5Ts=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

When the value contains both the certificate and the key, the configuration will look as in the following example:

ssl_certificate = -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    MIICXgIBAAKBgQDOoZUYd8KMYbre5zZIwR+V6dO2+cCYVS46BHbRbqt7gczkoIWh
    ...
    MORE KEY DATA
    ...
    Wh+QF3UArO8r8RYv3HRcnBjrGh+yEK93wIifVNGgy63FIQ==
    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIICaDCCAdGgAwIBAgIBDjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBGMQswCQYDVQQGEwJHQjEP
    ...
    MORE CERTIFICATE DATA
    ...
    JZQaMjV9XxNTFOlNUTWswff3uE677wSVDPSuNkxo2FLRcGfPUxAQGsgL5Ts=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

This certificate is sent to the remote peer during the SSL/TLS handshake process.

The certificate file can contain both the certificate and the private key, in which case you don't need to set the path to the private key. Only supported for PEM encoding.

The certificate file can contain the full chain of certificates. The targeted certificate should be first in the file, followed by the chained certificates. It will advertise the certificate chain in the same order as listed in the file. Only supported for PEM encoding. (Since 3.22.0)

For server-side components using TLS/SSL secure communication, this configuration option is required. If no value is defined here, the global ssl_certificate value is used.

For the client-side component using TLS/SSL, you can disable sending the certificate as part of the handshake, by leaving this configuration option empty.

6.9.16. ssl_key

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Absolute path on the local filesystem.

  • Key as PEM text format (Since 3.40.0).

  • Empty

From version

1.6.0

Description

This can be defined as an absolute path on the local filesystem to the X.509 private key file used by this component.

File content should be encoded in the Privacy-Enhanced Mail (PEM) format.

Note

The path should not be longer than 256 characters.

When the value is defined as PEM text, the configuration will look as in the following example:

ssl_key = -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    MIICXgIBAAKBgQDOoZUYd8KMYbre5zZIwR+V6dO2+cCYVS46BHbRbqt7gczkoIWh
    ...
    MORE KEY DATA
    ...
    Wh+QF3UArO8r8RYv3HRcnBjrGh+yEK93wIifVNGgy63FIQ==
    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

If ssl_certificate is not defined, any value defined for this ssl_key configuration is ignored and the global ssl_key value is used.

If the value defined in ssl_certificate option already contains the private key, this option can be omitted by leaving it empty.

6.9.17. ssl_key_password

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Password as plain text.

  • Empty

From version

1.7.19

Description

This is used to define the password of the private key, when the private X.509 key is stored as an encrypted file.

Leave it empty to not use a password for the private key file.

6.9.18. ssl_certificate_authority

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Absolute path on the local file.

  • Content of the CA chain (Since 3.40.0).

  • ${LETS_ENCRYPT_X3_CA}

  • ${MICROSOFT_IT_CA}

  • ${GO_DADDY_G2_G1}

  • Empty

From version

1.6.0

Description

This can be defined as an absolute path on the local filesystem to a file containing the certificates of the Certificate Authorities used to validate the remote peer.

This is used only for certificate-based peer validation. To add the CA certificate for an SSL certificate for this component, simply add it to ssl_certificate, possibly together with other certificates needed to complete the full chain of certificates.

The remote peer identity can only be validated when the remote address is configured using a fully qualified domain name. IP based validation will always fail, this is not a method accepted by the public certificate authorities.

You can define the content of the CA as text in PEM format.

When the value is defined as PEM text, the configuration will look as in the following example:

ssl_certificate_authority = -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIICaDCCAdGgAwIBAgIBDjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBGMQswCQYDVQQGEwJHQjEP
    ...
    MORE CERTIFICATE DATA
    ...
    JZQaMjV9XxNTFOlNUTWswff3uE677wSVDPSuNkxo2FLRcGfPUxAQGsgL5Ts=
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

When a certificate authority is defined, this will result in initiating the two-way SSL/TLS authentication/handshake validation. For a successful connection, make sure the remote peer sends a valid certificate. If the connection fails, the event with ID 40054 is emitted.

The certificate authority file should be stored as a file in PEM format. For multiple CA, place all certificates in the same file.

A series of bundle CA are distributed with SFTPPlus. They can be configured together and mixed with other CA certificates. The bundle CAs are available under the following names:

  • ${LETS_ENCRYPT_X3_CA} - For Let's Encrypt X3 certificate authority.

  • ${MICROSOFT_IT_CA} - For all Microsoft IT CA certificates, used by SharePoint Online and other services provided by Microsoft.

  • ${GO_DADDY_G2_G1} - For all GoDaddy Certificate Bundles, G2 With Cross to G1.

To configure a component to accept the remote peer certificates signed by Microsoft IT CA, which is the CA used by SharePoint Online, you can set the configuration as:

ssl_certificate_authority = ${MICROSOFT_IT_CRL}

This defines the path on the local filesystem to a file containing the certificate in PEM format for the single certificate authority or multiple authorities authorities with which this component will communicate.

Only peer connections using certificates signed by one of these certificate authorities will be permitted to communicate to this component.

When this component should communicate with peers holding certificates issued by multiple certificate authorities, put each CA certificate in PEM format inside a single file.

Leave it empty to disable checking the issuer of the peer's certificates.

When certificate authority check is disabled, connection peers are not required to send a certificate. If the peer sends a certificate, it is ignored.

6.9.19. ssl_certificate_revocation_list

Default value

Empty

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Comma separated list of CRL paths or HTTP URLs.

  • crl-distribution-points

  • ${MICROSOFT_IT_CRL}

  • Empty

From version

1.6.0

Description

It defines the locations from where one or more CRLs will be loaded.

Multiple CRLs are defined as a comma separated list.

It supports local files with absolute paths, in either of the following formats:

  • file:///unix/absolute/test-ca.crl

  • file://c:\\windows\\absolute\\test-ca.crl

Retrieving the CRL over HTTP is also supported. The HTTP request is done using non-persistent HTTP/1.1 connections. The URL will look as follows:

  • http://example.com/some.crl

CRL distribution points (CDP) are supported by using the crl-distribution-points configuration value.

When CRL distribution points are configured, the local certificate defined at ssl_certificate needs to have the CDP extension. The CDP advertised in the local certificate is loaded at startup in order to validate the configuration.

The distribution points configuration is mutually exclusive with local file or HTTP url configurations. When the certificate revocation list is configured to use CDP, all other configured CRL location are ignored.

Warning

HTTP redirection is not yet supported for CRL URLs. You have to configure the exact URL for the CRL.

Leave it empty to disable certificate revocation checks.

The certificate revocation list can only be used when the component is configured with CA certificates stored in a single file in PEM format.

When multiple or chained CA certificates are configured the CRL is only checked for the peer's certificate and not for the CA certificate or for an intermediate CA.

Warning

CDP publishing Delta CRL are not supported.

Note

If the certificate defines multiple HTTP-based distribution points in the CDP extension, only the first HTTP URI is used. All non HTTP or the other HTTP URIs are ignored.

The CRL file should be stored in PEM or DER format.

Note

This option is ignored if ssl_certificate_authority is not enabled.

6.9.20. ssl_certificate_revocation_list_refresh

Default value

0

Optional

Yes

Values
  • Number of seconds

  • 0

From version

2.8.0

Description

This defined the number of seconds after which a configured CRL is reloaded by this component.

When set to 0, the CRL file is initially loaded at startup and then loaded again after the Next Update field advertised in the CRL.

If the Next Publish extension is present in the CRL and this option is set to 0, the CRL will be loaded again at the date and time specified in the Next Publish extension.

If the CRL does not advertise the Next Update field you will have to configure a number of seconds after which the CRL should be reloaded, otherwise you will get a configuration error.

For example, a value of 86400 means that the CRL will be re-read after one day.

For more details about the CRL reloading see the documentation for CRL reloading rules

Note

This option is ignored if ssl_certificate_authority is not enabled.

6.9.21. ssl_cipher_list

Default value

secure

Optional

Yes

Values
  • List of SSL/TLS ciphers in OpenSSL format.

  • secure

From version

1.7.4

Description

This defined the list of ciphers accepted by this component while communicating over the network.

The special keyword secure contains all the algorithms that we currently consider secure.

Connections are closed if the remote peer has no common cipher in its list of configured ciphers.

When left empty, it will default to the secure configuration.

More information about the accepted values can be found at the cryptography guide

The format for this value is the same as the one used for defining the OpenSSL cipher list. More information can be found on the OpenSSL site.

6.9.22. ssl_allowed_methods

Default value

secure

Optional

Yes

Values
  • secure

  • all

  • tlsv1.0

  • tlsv1.1

  • tlsv1.2

  • tlsv1.3

From version

1.7.4

Description

This defines the comma-separated list of SSL and TLS methods that are accepted by this component during the secure communication handshake.

Set this to secure to allow only the TLS methods that are currently considered secure. For now, this is TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 but this might be changed in the future. Any other configured value is ignored.

Set this to all to allow any supported SSL or TLS method. Any other configured value is ignored.

Currently, the following methods are officially supported:

  • tlsv1 or tlsv1.0, which is TLS 1.0.

  • tlsv1.1, which is TLS 1.1.

  • tlsv1.2, which is TLS 1.2.

  • tlsv1.3, which is TLS 1.3.

Note

SSLv3 is still supported, but highly discouraged, due to the SSLv3 POODLE vulnerability. In the case that you need to interact with an old SSL implementation that only supports SSLv3, it is highly recommended to force the usage of the non-CBC cipher RC4-SHA by configuring as:

[services/681f5f5d-0502-4ebb-90d5-5d5c549fac6b]
ssl_cipher_list = RC4-SHA

Support for SSLv3 will be removed in future versions.

SSLv2 is no longer supported since it is not secure.

In version 2.8.0, the following new methods were added: tlsv1.0 (alias for tlsv1), tlsv1.1 and tlsv1.2

Support for tlsv1.3 was added in version 3.47.0.

Prior to version 4.17.0, this was configured as a space separated value.