How to easily Configure Your SFTP Client

• 23 August 2021
• in: Tutorials

Most of the users opt to use SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) as a result of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) cannot assure security. SFTP renders file transfer; access and management tools that are almost like FTP via secure SSH connection. Still, SFTP may be a separate protocol.

Setting	Description	Possible values	Example
Hostname	Hostname of the server	IP address or a valid hostname	hostname.urownwebsite.com
Security	IT depends if the client combines FTP and SFTP functionality	SFTP	SFTP
SSH port number	The port number on which sshd listens.	Valid positive integer	“22” which is SSH Remote Login Protocol
Username	The port number on which sshd listens.	Valid positive integer	“22” which is SSH Remote Login Protocol
Password	The SSH password of the user	A password that is secure	thepassword123
Private Key	The SSH private key for the user	The absolute path to a private key file on your local machine.	c:\data\id_dsa

Note: If you see a warning like unknown host key, and if you don’t want to this message to be displayed once more, accept the key and save it on your PC.