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Accessing your [[Seedbox]] service utilizing [[FTP]], [[SFTP]] or [[SSH]] is very simple.
 
Accessing your [[Seedbox]] service utilizing [[FTP]], [[SFTP]] or [[SSH]] is very simple.
  
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== Access details ==
 
Upon service setup you have received your service access [[URL]] in the format of: ''username.servername.pulsedmedia.com''
 
Upon service setup you have received your service access [[URL]] in the format of: ''username.servername.pulsedmedia.com''
 
The ''username'' portion of the URL/Host is optional when accessing via FTP/SFTP/SSH.
 
The ''username'' portion of the URL/Host is optional when accessing via FTP/SFTP/SSH.
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'''Password''': Same as for [[HTTP]]/Web
 
'''Password''': Same as for [[HTTP]]/Web
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== Client software ==
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=== SFTP/SCP ===
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These clients support also FTP.
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SFTP is recommended due to the added security by all communication between client and server being encrypted.
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* [http://winscp.net/ WinSCP]
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* [http://www.bitkinex.com/sftpclient BitKinex]
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* [http://www.expandrive.com/windows ExpanDrive to mount SFTP as a network drive in Windows]
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=== FTP Clients ===
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FTP clients are unlikely to support SFTP/SCP/FTPS despite generally vice-versa support is found, ie. SFTP clients support regular FTP.
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* [http://www.smartftp.com/ SmartFTP]
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* [http://www.globalscape.com/products/ftp_clients.aspx CuteFTP]
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* [http://filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla]
  
  
 
[[Category:seedbox guides]]
 
[[Category:seedbox guides]]
 
[[Category:Guides]]
 
[[Category:Guides]]

Revision as of 12:03, 3 April 2011

Accessing your Seedbox service utilizing FTP, SFTP or SSH is very simple.

Access details

Upon service setup you have received your service access URL in the format of: username.servername.pulsedmedia.com The username portion of the URL/Host is optional when accessing via FTP/SFTP/SSH.

It is recommended that you use servername.pulsedmedia.com format when accessing using any of these protocols.

  • FTP Port: 21
  • SSH Port: 22
  • SFTP Port: 22

Username: Same as for HTTP/Web

Password: Same as for HTTP/Web

Client software

SFTP/SCP

These clients support also FTP. SFTP is recommended due to the added security by all communication between client and server being encrypted.

FTP Clients

FTP clients are unlikely to support SFTP/SCP/FTPS despite generally vice-versa support is found, ie. SFTP clients support regular FTP.