The first time you connect to a server you must explicitly acknowledge it’s the server you really want to connect to. You should end up with a similar setup as the screenshot below:įinally click Connect.

Password: Password of the server user.

Site → Overview tab → SSH Access (in this screenshot the user is app)

User: Enter the server user that runs the website.

NOTE: Depending on your configs, this might automatically convert into Ask for password – the difference is that you’ll be prompted for the password whenever you connect to your server

Port: leave it blank, it will use the default port (22).

Host: Enter the IP address of the server that hosts your website.

Protocol: SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol.

Click New Site and give it the name of your site.

Install the software and open it afterwards. Setting up FileZillaĪssuming you want to use FileZilla, please visit and download FileZilla Client for your operating system.

The only requirement is that your client supports SFTP – but most of them actually do.

This article uses Filezilla as an example, but most FTP clients work similarly. Steps to view, edit, and synchronize your website files using FileZilla and password authentication

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