Uploading data using FTP or Aspera

The BioImage Archive submitters can use the Web Submission Tool for uploading data files. However, for large data volumes (large number and/or size of files) this is not practical. In this case the preferred method of upload is using FTP or Aspera.

You will need to know your secret directory name to be able to upload data into your user space. The FTP/Aspera tab in the submission tool upload section shows the user’s credentials and upload guidance for these two upload methods (Figure 18). Click on the below to see the details (Figure 18).

Figure 18 Data upload via FTP/Aspera.

FTP uploads

The FTP server is ftp-private.ebi.ac.uk. Use any FTP client such as FileZilla, or issue FTP commands via a command line:

ftp ftp-private.ebi.ac.uk 
Name: follow instructions on Fig.18
Password: follow instructions on Fig.18
ftp> cd 78/348482-52fd-4ade-9273-bdeac6d93423-a116 (this is an example of the secret key directory name) 
ftp> put testFile 

See below a short interactive video about how to use FileZilla to connect to your BIA account:

Aspera uploads

Aspera ascp command line interface can be downloaded here: aspera cli. Please select the correct operating system. The ascp command line client is present in the bin folder in the installation directory.

Your command for upload should be like this:

ascp -P33001 -i <key> -d <directory to upload> bsaspera_w@hx-fasp-1.ebi.ac.uk:<secret directory>

where:

• -P33001 and bsaspera_w@hx-fasp-1.ebi.ac.uk defines the port, user and server for the Aspera connection
• -d tells the server to create the directory if it does not yet exist
• <key> is the public key for the Aspera connection which has the value <aspera cli installation directory>/etc/asperaweb_id_dsa.openssh for Linux/MacOS and <aspera cli installation directory>\etc\asperaweb_id_dsa.openssh for Windows.
• <directory to upload> is the path of the directory to be uploaded
• <secret directory> looks like this: 12/348482-5ded-45de-9273-badec6d93423-a111