In this article we show you easily how to connect to your vServer via FTP/SFTP.
First – FTP/SFTP has to be installed with SSH because it isn’t installed by default.
Step by step instructions to your SFTP-server
- Open FileZilla and enter the serveraddress (IP-address of your server) – in the field ”server” which can be seen in the Quickconnect-strip.
- Now you fill in your username. You could use the default ”root” username.
- The next step is entering your password that you received from us via email. If you have already changed the root password – you need to enter the new one.
- Type in the port number – this has to be port 22 in terms of SFTP-connections.
- Click on connect or push your enter key to connect to the server.
- Ultimately click on ok if you receive a warning regarding an unknown host-key.
Now you can browse through your files on the vServer – as well as upload, download or manage your files.
Installing a (real) FTP-server using the SSH console
An FTP server can be installed on Debian and Ubuntu using apt-get install proftpd
. Please make sure to perform apt-get update
before you start the installation to be able to install the newest version and rule out any security problems.