Connecting to your SFTP server

Through the onboarding process you will be given the credentials to access your SFTP server. To begin performing file transfers, you can use two methods, a SFTP client or the SFTP CLI. Using a SFTP client is the most straight forward way to transfer files and we will go over it using FileZilla.

Using FileZilla

1. Make sure you have the FileZilla Client installed.
2. Download provided key file
3. Navigate to File > Site Manager > New site
   1. Give the site a name
4. Configure Site
   1. Set Protocol to SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol
   2. Set Host to acxsftp.authenticx.pro
   3. Change Logon Type to Key File
   4. Set User to provided user name
   5. Upload your key file by clicking Browse and navigate to the file
5. Click Connect

SFTP CLI

Connecting with the SFTP CLI is a simple process, you can do so with the command below.

• \> sftp -i /path/to/key/file user@host

Ex. \> sftp -i ./key.pem [email protected]

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WARNING: UNPROTECTED PRIVATE KEY FILE!

If you are getting this message when attempting to use SFTP CLI you need to change the permissions on your key file. You can do so with the following command:

\> chmod 400 /path/to/key/file