# Associate the Routing Rule with a Contract

File routing uses 2 workflows that must be associated with a **New File** contract or with a **VirtualBox bind** contract.

### Associating the Rule with a New File Contract

To associate the rule with a **New File** contract, follow these steps:

1. Create the **New File Contract** of **Mediation** type.
2. Select the **Filerouting** Workflow.
3. In the **Source virtual path** panel, specify the **Actor**, **VFS,** and **VFS path** where the file routing workflow will be triggered.
4. In the **File Resource** fields, select the **filerouting-ext** and **filerouting-link**. These file resources must have been already configured – see [Set up File Resources](/data-mover-1.21/file-routing/configure-the-environment-in-data-mover/define-file-resources.md).
5. (Optional) When the file routing workflow is triggered, it can be specified that only the rules of a category (a subset of all defined rules) are applied.
6. In the **workareaPath** field, enter the shared path configured in the storage class (**/share/appl/filerouting**), followed by the **workarea** directory - see figure below. In the case of clusters, the same directory must be stored in the file system or directory shared by the STENGs in the cluster.

<figure><img src="/files/BNx8TtMf9lS5VJoe81lW" alt="" width="374"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

7. In the VFS path field, enter the workarea virtual path defined in the VFS used by file routing.

<figure><img src="/files/tJn1J4ugL6MLZi8duNFL" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

8. **Save** your Contract.

### Associating the Rule with a VirtualBox bind Contract

To associate the rule with a **VirtualBox bind** contract, follow these steps:

1. Create the **VirtualBox bind Contract** of **Mediation** type.
2. Select the **Filerouting** Workflow.
3. In the **Source virtual box,** select an existing **VirtualBox** or create a new one on which the file routing workflow will be triggered.
4. In the **Actor** field, enter the Actor of the file routing.
5. In the **VFS** field, enter the VFS of the file routing.
6. In the **VFS path** field, enter the workarea virtual path defined in the VFS used by file routing.
7. In the **File Resource** fields, select the **filerouting-ext** and **filerouting-link**. These file resources must have been already configured – see [Setup File Resources](/data-mover-1.21/file-routing/configure-the-environment-in-data-mover/define-file-resources.md).
8. (Optional) When the file routing workflow is triggered, it can be specified that only the rules of a **category** (a subset of all defined rules) are applied.
9. In the **workareaPath** field, enter the shared path configured in the storage class (**/share/appl/filerouting**). In the case of clusters, the same directory must be stored in the file system or directory shared by the STENGs in the cluster.

<figure><img src="/files/eOc20bdGcO9iLHyViKgj" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>


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