Odyssey Connection

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The site connects to Peace Corps Odyssey through a SFTP (FTP over SSH) connection to provide accounting updates of PCPP projects and funds.

Connection Steps

Inside the VPC, a server (filetransfer.donate.peacecorps.gov) exists, which provides a jailed SFTP environment and contains a public key from Peace Corps for authentication.

  1. Peace Corps generates an export file and logs in to the SFTP server using their private key, then places the file with a timestamped filename in the incoming directory.
  2. Every 17 minutes past the hour, a cron job runs that searches for the latest uploaded file and runs the sync_accounting management script in Django to update the database with the files.
  3. Every 13 minutes past the hour, a cron job runs to see if no files have been uploaded in 24 hours, and sends a warning email if true.
  4. Every 27 minutes past the hour, a cron job runs and deletes any file transfers older than 7 days.