SFTP on Mac OS X

You have a wide variety of Mac OS X SFTP clients from which to choose. For example, if you Google "free SFTP clients for Mac OS X," you will receive over 258,000 hits. Below are examples of connecting to an SFTP account from Mac OS X using Fugu and Transmit.

Fugu

To log into your account with Fugu:

In the Connect to field, enter server.joyent.us where server is the name of the server for your Joyent account.
In the Username field, enter your Joyent account user name.
In the Port field, enter 22.
Leave the Directory field blank.
Click the Connect button. Fugu will prompt you for your password.
Enter your Joyent account password and click the Authenticate button.
If you select Add Password to Keychain, your password is stored on your Apple Keychain and you will not need to enter it the next time you access your account.

If successful, you will see the Home directory of your VM in the Fugo UI.

At a Glance

This topic shows you how to connect to a SmartMachine through a Mac OS X SFTP client.

For information on using SFTP from the command line, see this topic.

If you want to save this connection as a Fugo favorite, click the Add to Favorites button.

When you first connect to your account through Fugu, you may need to enable hidden files and directories. Hidden files and directories are those that begin with a dot, such as .htaccess and .procmailrc. To view hidden files in Fugu, select SFTP -> Show Hidden Files.

Transmit

To log into your account with Transmit:

When you launch Transmit, you may need to open the connection panel. You can do that by clicking the Connect button.

In the Server field, enter server.joyent.us where server is the name of the server for your Joyent account.
In the User Name field, enter your Joyent account user name.
In the Password field, enter your Joyent account password.
You can leave the Initial Path field blank.
For Protocol, select SFTP.
This will change the Port value to 22 which is the default port value for SFTP.
Click the Connect button.

If successful, you will see the Home directory of your VM in the Transmit UI.

If you want to save this connection as a Transmit favorite, select Favorites -> Add to Favorites...

When you first connect to your account through Transmit, you may need to enable hidden files and directories. Hidden files and directories are those that begin with a dot, such as{{.htaccess}} and .procmailrc. To view hidden files in Fugu, select SFTP -> Show Hidden Files.