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SFTP on Windows
Clients
The following are instructions for connecting to your account under Windows with Filezilla and WinSCP.
Filezilla
To access your account via SFTP with Filezilla, do the following:
- Open the site manager by selecting File → Site Manager.
- Click New Site
- Enter a name for your site and press Return to save
- In the Host: field, enter server.joyent.us where server is the name of the server for your Joyent account.
- For Servertype: , select SFTP using SSH2 Note: This will change the Port: value to 22 which is the default port value for SFTP.
- For Logontype: , select Normal
- In the User: field, enter your Joyent account user name
- In the Password: field, enter your Joyent account password
- Click Connect to connect to your account or Save and exit to save your connection settings for later. Once saved you'll be able to access our account from the Site Manager
And that's it, you've just connected to your account via SFTP with Filezilla!
When you first connect to your account via Filezilla, many of your hidden files and directories may not be visible. Hidden files and directories are those that begin with a dot, such as .htaccess and .procmailrc. To view hidden files in Filezilla, select View → Show hidden files
WinSCP
To access your account via SFTP with WinSCP, do the following:
- In the Host name field, enter server.joyent.us where server is the name of the server for your Joyent account.
- In the Port number field, enter
22 - In the User name field, enter your Joyent account user name
- In the Password field, enter your Joyent account password
- For Protocol , select SFTP
- Click Login to connect to your account or Save… to save your connection settings for later. Once saved you'll be able to access our account from under Stored sessions .
And that's it, you've just connected to your account via SFTP with WinSCP!
