SFTP Destination

Configuring your SFTP destination

Prerequisites

By default, SFTP uses keypair authentication for access. You will need a provided public key to configure your destination. It will look roughly like this:

ssh-key <ssh_public_key_beginning_with_AAAA> some-comment

Step 1: Create a user on the SFTP server

Login to the SFTP server and complete the steps below.

Create group sftpwriter:

sudo groupadd sftpwriter

Create user sftpwriter:

sudo useradd -m -g sftpwriter sftpwriter

Switch to the sftpwriter user:

sudo su - sftpwriter

Create the .ssh directory:

mkdir ~/.ssh

Set permissions:

chmod 700 ~/.ssh

Navigate to the .ssh directory:

cd ~/.ssh

Create the authorized_keys file:

touch authorized_keys

Set permissions:

chmod 600 authorized_keys

Add the public key to the authorized_keys file. The key -- including the "ssh-key" and comment -- should be all on one line in the file, without linebreaks.

echo "ssh-key <ssh_public_key_beginning_with_AAAA> sftpwriter-public-key" > authorized_keys

Step 2: Add your destination

Share your host name, folder name, username, port, and public key with us to complete the connection.