How to connect with SFTP using SSH ?

SFTP uses SSH protocol to establish a secure connection.

Authentication methods can be :

• Passwords - Default ; Easy authentication
• SSH keys - More secure ; Create SSH keys and transfer your public keys to the system that you need to access

SFTP clients for File transfer

• Graphical clients : transfers files just using drag and drop
• Command line : transfers files using Unix / Linux / Mac OS console

How to check if I can use SFTP ?

If you are able to connect a machine using ssh, you can use SFTP to manage files.

How to test SSH access ?

ssh username@hostname_or_IP

exit

How to open SFTP session ?

sftp username@hostname_or_IP