SFTP comes already installed on your VPS along with your openssh-server package. SFTP stands for Secure File Transfer Protocol.

you can access the ftp server directly but you don't want to send your data (username/password/files) without encryption over the internet.Instead of old and insecure FTP, you should use SFTP to connect to your VPS to upload your files.

you cannot access the ftp server directly (external connections to the ftp server are blocked for security reasons), or.

Possible uses: your PC is on your home network, the SSH and FTP servers are behind your company's router/firewall, and: Then execute Filezilla client using:Įncryption: Only use plain FTP (insecure) Proxy port: XXXX (the SSH tunnel source port number, see PuTTY configuration above)įirst execute PuTTY to create the desired SSH tunnel (you will be asked to provide username/password to login to the SSH server).

Select 'Edit/Settings/Connection/Generic proxy'.

Source Port: XXXX (5000 for instance, or any other unused high number)įileZilla configuration (for version 3.46.3 or similar): Port: SSH server port number (22 by default) PuTTY configuration (for release 0.67 or similar): You must have an account to login to this host.

The SSH server is a remote host that runs a SSH service (typically a Linux/Unix/BSD host). In this mode, PuTTY acts as a proxy server. Configure PuTTY to create a SSH tunnel between your local PC and a SSH server using DYNAMIC port forwarding.

Configure FileZilla to use your local PC as a (generic proxy) SOCKS 5 server.Filezilla FTP Client/Your local PC SSH server FTP serverĬonnection 1 is encrypted using the SSH protocol.How to create a SSH tunnel to encrypt a plain (insecure) ftp connection using FileZilla client & PuTTY

Filezilla add ssh key