{"id":610,"date":"2017-03-05T11:23:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T11:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/?post_type=article&#038;p=610"},"modified":"2021-04-05T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T19:41:00","slug":"how-to-use-filezilla-with-sftp","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/how-to-use-filezilla-with-sftp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use FileZilla With SFTP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing you will need is an <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/what-is-ftp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FTP<\/a> client. This is a program that allows you to connect to a host server\u2019s FTP connection.\u00a0You can choose to use different FTP clients but they will all operate almost the same,\u00a0but we recommend <strong>FileZilla<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these steps to establish an <strong>SFTP<\/strong> connection to your hosting account with FileZilla (make sure to get the \u201cclient\u201d version):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a_y9EnTqngY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Download and install\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FileZilla<\/a> on your computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong>\u00a0From your <strong>cPanel<\/strong> account <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/generate-ssh-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>generate a new SSH key<\/strong><\/a> pair\u00a0and download the private key to your computer in the .ppk format.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong>\u00a0Open <strong>Filezilla <\/strong>and\u00a0click the <b>Edit<\/b> button from the menu then select <strong>Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong> From the Settings window click on <strong>SFTP <\/strong>tab.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/FileZilla-SFTP-Add-Key.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1065\" src=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/FileZilla-SFTP-Add-Key-1024x731.png\" alt=\"FileZilla SFTP - Add Key\" width=\"840\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5)<\/strong>\u00a0Next click on <strong>&#8220;Add Keyfile&#8221;<\/strong> and select the <a href=\"https:\/\/chemicloud.com\/kb\/article\/generate-ssh-key\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">private key<\/a> you generated within cPanel.\u00a0You will be prompted to convert the file to a supported but unprotected format (no password), confirm it by clicking the <strong>Yes<\/strong> button and type your password.<\/p>\n<p>You will be asked to store the key in the putty format, save it on your computer to continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6)<\/strong>\u00a0Use the following login information to connect to your server via SFTP:<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--info    \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<strong>FTP Server:<\/strong>\u00a0enter \u00a0sftp:\/\/ followed by your domain name or the main IP of the server you are hosted on, for example\u00a0sftp:\/\/domain.com<br \/>\n<strong>FTP Username:<\/strong> cPanel username (main FTP username)<br \/>\n<strong>FTP Password:<\/strong>\u00a0username password<br \/>\n<strong>FTP Port: 1988<\/strong> ( which is the default SSH port for the ChemiCloud&#8217;s servers)    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n<p>During your first connection, you&#8217;ll be asked to store the server&#8217;s fingerprint. Click the &#8220;<strong>OK&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>button to continue connecting and tick the &#8220;<strong>Always trust this host, add this key to cache<\/strong>&#8221; checkbox if you plan to connect to the same server again.<\/p>\n    \t\t<div class=\"hts-messages hts-messages--alert    \"   >\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\t<p>\r\n    \t\t\t\t\tPlease note that you can only connect to your hosting account via SFTP with the main FTP username and you can not connect with an additional FTP account that you have created via your <strong>cPanel -&gt; FTP Accounts<\/strong>.    \t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n    \t\t\t    \t\t\t\r\n    \t\t<\/div><!-- \/.ht-shortcodes-messages -->\r\n    \t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first thing you will need is an FTP client. This is a program that allows you to connect to a host server\u2019s FTP connection.\u00a0You can choose to use different FTP clients but they will all operate almost the same,\u00a0but we recommend FileZilla. 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