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If you want to transfer a single file or a full folder, you can easily move it via drag and drop from your local computer on the left side to your server on the right side. In the following picture you can see your local computer on the left hand side and your remotely connected server on the right. You have to accept the security warning now.Īfter accepting the security warning you are successfully connected via the SFTP file protocol to your server. The user root has full permissions on the server and if important system data is altered or deleted, the operating system may become unbootable.Ī connection possibility over the file protocol SFTP could be looking like this:Ĭlick on “Login” to connect to your server. The user name is the user which has the permissions to connect to your server. In case this port number has been changed, you will have to use the configured custom port number to connect. IMPORTANT: The file protocols SFTP and FTP are using the default SSH port number 22. In the following you can see the standard ports for these file protocols. The port number depends on the selected file protocol. The host name has to be either the IP address of your server or the domain name which is pointing to the corresponding IP address.

Disadvantages: The connection is not encrypted but it can be encrypted by using SSL.

Advantages: The connection is made over the HTTP port, which is not blocked by a firewall with default settings.

WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning):

Disadvantages: Because of the encrypted connection the data transmission is slower than with FTP.

Advantages: The connection is also like SFTP encrypted and uses the SSH port.Disadvantages: The connection is not encrypted and requires the installation of an FTP server.Advantages: The data transmission is much faster than with SFTP, since no encryption takes place.Disadvantages: Due to the encrypted connection the data transmission is slower then with FTP.Advantages: The connection is encrypted and is established via the SSH port, which means there must be no FTP server installed to transfer data.In the following you will see the advantages and disadvantages of the respective protocols. The file protocol is a very important factor in the data transfer.

Once you have installed WinSCP and opened the program, you are ready to start. WinSCP can be downloaded from the following page: The client offers a protected data and file transfer between different computers and allows the use of protected “tunnels”. WinSCP is a graphical open source SFTP and FTP client for Windows which supports the old SCP protocol. WinSCP is a very useful tool for transferring data to a server.