# Create a New Fetch Task

To automatically retrieve content from an FTP server, create a new Fetch Task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is configured in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

       [MyTask]

1. In the new section, set the following parameters to define the location of the repository and the credentials used to access the repository.

   `FtpHost` | The host name or IP address of the FTP server.
   `FtpPort` | The port of the FTP server.
   `Protocol` | The protocol to use to connect to the FTP server (`ftp`, `sftp`, or `ftps` - default `sftp`).
   `Username` | The user name required to access the FTP server.
   `Password` | The password required to access the FTP server. You can encrypt the password using the password encryption utility (see Encrypt Passwords).

   For example:

       [MyTask]
       FtpHost=ftp.domain.com
       FtpPort=22
       Protocol=sftp
       Username=username
       Password=password

2. (Optional) If you want to retrieve specific files from the FTP Server, you can also specify the `PathRegex` configuration parameter. For a complete list of the parameters that you can use to configure the connector, refer to the FTP Connector Reference.

3. Save and close the configuration file. You can now start the connector.

   NOTE: The connector saves or updates a data file for each completed fetch task. If you make changes to the configuration and want to reset the connector so that it retrieves all of your data again, you can use the `PurgeDatastore` action.

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