Chapter 5 Using Secure File Transfer

Table of Contents

Using SFTP on Tectia Client

Using SFTP on Command Line
Using Tectia Secure File Transfer GUI

Configuring Tectia Server for Automated Secure File Transfer

Opening Tectia Server Configuration GUI
Enabling Public-Key Authentication
Settings for the Admin Group
Settings for the SFTP-users Group
Settings for the Rest of Users

Automated Secure File Transfer Script

Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is a secure replacement for the plain-text FTP service. The SFTP service encrypts all files during the transfer.

This chapter shows how secure file transfer is used and describes a use case plus the required configuration changes.