Filezilla For Mac Ftp



FileZilla is a straightforward macOS application that enables you to quickly and effortlessly transfer files between your Mac and multiple FTP servers. Support for FTP, FTPS and SFTP servers. FileZilla comes with a user-friendly and intuitive interface from which you can quickly and effortlessly. Transfer files from your computer via FTP/SFTP/FTPS, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Box, Dropbox, Google Cloud, Google Drive, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft OneDrive for Business, Microsoft SharePoint, OpenStack Swift and WebDAV. One tool to find, transfer and download all of your files. FileZilla Pro, the professional tool for file transfers, allows you to focus on getting your job.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use SFTP with FileZilla to securely transfer and manage files on RunCloud server.

FileZilla دانلود رایگان نرم افزار FileZilla / Server فایل زیلا نرم افزاری جهت مدیریت FTP و آپلود و دانلود فایل از آن می باشد. این نرم افزار به شما اجازه می دهد که فایل های خود را به راحتی و با اتصال به FTP آپلود نمایید.

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FTP is not secure

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) uses clear text for all transmissions. Anyone is able to read the FTP usernames, passwords, commands and data by packet capture (sniffing) on the network. By default, RunCloud Firewall blocks FTP (port 21) at your server. You are recommended to use SFTP for file transfer instead.

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Tip: You can use RunCloud File Manager in RunCloud panel for simple file management.

What is SFTP?

SSH or Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a secure file transfer protocol for file access, transfer, and management. It adapts the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol with encryption and secure authentication on both server and client.

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SFTP provides two user-authentication options when connecting to your server: a)passwords or b)SSH2 key-based authentication. The SSH Keys is more secure than password.

What is FileZilla?

FileZilla is a free, open source FTP client that supports FTP, SFTP, FTPS. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Download FileZilla Client.

SFTP via Passwords

  1. Open FileZilla client
  2. Open Site Manger by clicking the top left icon in menu bar, or press Ctrl+S
  3. Click New Site button and gives a name to the new site connection
  4. At the right side panel enter the following information:
    • Host: [RunCloud server IP address]
    • Port: 22
    • Protocol: SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol
    • Logon Type: Normal
    • User: [System User’s username]
    • Password: [System User’s password]
  5. Click Connect button to connect (OK button to save the connection)
  6. Accept fingerprint warning when prompt
  7. You are now connected to RunCloud server via SFTP using password

SFTP via SSH2 Key-based Authentication

If you have not yet create an SSH key pair, then follow one of the two tutorial below:

  • Windows users: How To Use SSH Keys with PuTTY on RunCloud
  • Mac and Linux users: Generating SSH Keys

Method #1

  1. Open FileZilla client
  2. Open Site Manger by clicking the top left icon in menu bar, or press Ctrl+S
  3. Click New Site button and gives a name to the new site connection
  4. At the right side panel enter the following information:
    • Host: [RunCloud server IP address]
    • Port: 22
    • Protocol: SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol
    • Logon Type: Key file
    • User: [System User’s username]
    • Key file: [select your SSH private key in .ppk or .pem format]
  5. Click Connect button to connect (OK button to save the connection)
  6. You are now connected to RunCloud server via SFTP using SSH key

Method #2

  1. Open FileZilla client
  2. In the Edit – Preferences menu, select SFTP under Connection
  3. Click Add key file… button to add your SSH private key (If your key is in OpenSSH format, FileZilla will prompt you to convert it to PuTTY’s PPK format)
  4. Click OK button to save setting and exit Preferences window
  5. Follow Method #1 above but select Interactive for Logon Type

Sources

https://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Howto
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sftp-to-securely-transfer-files-with-a-remote-server

Categories: Server Management, Tutorials

FileZilla is an open source cross platform FTP client for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It is very user-friendly and easy to use. You can use it to connect to your web server from your computer to upload or download files. In an earlier guide, we discussed how you can connect to server using FileZilla from a Windows PC. Today, we will use the free FTP program on a Mac computer to demonstrate how it can help us transfer files between our Mac and FTP server.

How to connect to FTP server using FileZilla on Mac?

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Here are the steps to connect to server using this FTP client:

  1. Download and install the FTP client on Mac;
  2. Create an FTP account on server;
  3. Connect to server using the FTP client and FTP login credentials.

Do a search for ‘filezilla’ on Bing or Google to find this FTP client and download it on to your Mac. Install the FTP program on your Mac.

Generally speaking your main hosting control panel username and its password is the main FTP account. You can also create FTP account in cPanel, setup an FTP account on VPS server or configure FTP account in other hosting control panel or servers for FTP file transfer.

Connecting web server using FTP client is easy. There are mainly two ways to connect to FTP server using FileZilla: Quickconnect and FTP connection via Site Manager.

Easiest way to connect to FTP server via FileZilla Quickconnect

Run FileZilla on Mac. You will see the quick connection bar where you can enter Host, Username, Password and Port at the upper section. This is the easiest way you can connect to a FTP server from computer. Most other FTP programs do not provide such an easy FTP connection. It is the best choice when you want to connect to server quickly, when you need to connect to single FTP server with the same FTP account. If you have multiple websites, you need to add the FTP accounts and setup the FTP connection via Site Manager which we will discuss at the lower section of this article.

Connecting to the FTP server via the Quickconnect option is easy. Enter your domain name or server IP address in the Host box, then your FTP username and password in the Username and Password boxes separately. You can leave the Port box empty as it will default to 21 the universal FTP port used by most web hosting services. Finally hit the Quickconnect button to connect to your server.

When you connected to the FTP server in FileZilla, you’ll see a note in the status area below the Quickconnect bar at the upper section of this FTP program. The files and folders on your own Mac computer will appear under the “Local Site” pane on the left side. Files and folders on your web server will appear in the “Remote Site” pane on the right.

You can now transfer files and folders between your Mac and your hosting account. To upload files and folders from Mac to server, open a folder on the right pane to receive the files, then right click on the file or folder from the left pane and select Upload from the context menu to upload it to the FTP server.

To download files from server to Mac computer, open a folder on the left pane to receive the files, then right click on the file or folder from the right pane and select Download from the context menu to download it from server to Mac.

Connect to the last used FTP server quickly

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If you have disconnected the FTP server and want to connect it again, you can click the ‘Reconnects to the last used server‘ button at the top toolbar to quickly connect to the last used FTP server quickly without the need to type your FTP server details manually.

Connect to FTP server via FileZilla Site Manager

Run FileZilla on your Mac. Click on the Site Manager icon at the top left. Click New Site, enter a name for the new site. Enter your domain name or server IP address in the Host box. Choose FTP protocol, either FTP – File Transfer Protocol or SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol. FTP is supported by various hosting servers. SFTP is only supported for VPS and Dedicated Server hosting packages. You can choose Normal as the Logon Type, then type in your FTP username and its password in the User and Password boxes separately. Finally click OK to add the FTP server to your FTP client. Or click Connect button to add the FTP server to the FTP client and connect to the server instantly.

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You can allow FileZilla to remember the passwords for you so you can reconnect without having to re-enter a password after restarting FileZilla. You also have the option to protect saved passwords with a master password. A master password will be verified each time you connect to a saved FTP server. Note that a lost master password cannot be recovered. So please thoroughly memorize your master password.