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Settings Description
Configuration Precedence on page 38 When a user is a member of multiple groups, the precedence
setting can be used to determine priority.
aspera.conf - Authorization Configuration on
page 40
Connection permissions, token key, and encryption
requirements.
aspera.conf - Transfer Configuration on page
42
Incoming and outgoing transfer bandwidth and policy
settings.
aspera.conf - File System Configuration on page
63
Docroot, file and directory creation, access permissions,
block sizes, and so on.
You can also manually edit aspera.conf with a text editor.
/opt/aspera/etc/aspera.conf
Add the following section to aspera.conf:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<CONF version="2">
<aaa>
<realms>
<realm>
<users>
... <!-- user-specific settings -->
</users>
<groups>
<group> <!-- Each group tag contains a group's profile. -->
<name>aspgroup</name> <!-- The group name. -->
<precedence>0</precedence> <!-- Group precedence. -->
<authorization>...</authorization> <!-- Authorization settings. -->
<transfer>...</transfer> <!-- Transfer settings. -->
<file_system>...</file_system> <!-- File System settings. -->
</group>
<group>
... <!-- Another group's settings-->
</group>
</groups>
</realm>
<realms>
</aaa>
...
</CONF>
4.
Verify your configuration.
When you have finished updating the group's settings in aspera.conf, use the following command to verify it
(in this example, verify the group asp-group's settings):
# /opt/aspera/bin/asuserdata -g asp-group
5.
Restart asperanoded and asperacentral to activate your changes.
Run the following commands to restart asperanoded:
# systemctl restart asperanoded
or for Linux systems that use init.d:
# service asperanoded restart
Run the following command in a Terminal window to restart asperacentral:
# systemctl restart asperacentral