Create a Pre-population Job in the CLI

Add and configure pre-population jobs using CLI commands.

Click System > Tools and click Console.
Log into the console.

The prompt exinda-appliance > is displayed.
To enter configuration mode, type enable then configure terminal.

The prompt exinda-appliance (config) # is displayed.
To create the pre-population job, at the prompt type the following command with the appropriate parameters:

acceleration prepopulate <name> {location|username|password|recursive|start|stop}

where:
- <name> is the name of the pre-population job.
- location cifs <server> <path> configures an SMB server and path.
- location http <url> configures an HTTP path.
- username | password is the authentication information for the server.
- recursive fetches all the files in the specified directory, as well as those in sub-directories.
- start | stop controls the transfer.
To view the pre-population rules and the status of those rules, run the following command:

show acceleration prepopulate

In the following examples, the pre-populate job is called videos.

All files and folders from the "Public\Documentation" folder on a Windows file share:

exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate videos location cifs MYSERVER public\documentation
Including a username and password for authenticating to the server:

Exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate videos username myname password mypassword
Download the entire path specified, including sub-folders:

Exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate videos recursive
Start the pre-populate job:

Exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate start
Display the status of the pre-population job:

Exinda-appliance (config) # show acceleration prepopulate videos