When it comes to hosting files, FTP servers are still popular as simple and well-known environments for file sharing. When working as an administrator, you probably have at least one FTP server under your control. You may wonder if there is any way to integrate such a service with Azure. Fortunately, you can very easily create a logic app that will handle changes on your server and let you integrate with other Azure services.
For this exercise, we will need two components:
- An FTP server
- An Azure Logic Apps instance
If you do not have an FTP server, you can quickly deploy one using recipes from the marketplace:
Fig. 10.26 – Available FTP servers in Azure
Let's now check how to use it.