You may also set interactive mode for advanced interactive FTP session. Logon Type: Set this as Normal, you may also set Ask for Password for prompting the password every time you try to login. You may select ‘Use Plain FTP’ for non-encrypted connection and ‘Require explicit FTP over TLS’, ‘Require implicit FTP over TLS’ for encrypted FTP connection. (For the difference refer to this tutorial on secure FTP)Įncryption: This is only applicable for FTP protocol.

Protocol: You can choose between FTP and SFTP. So, it is recommended to contact your web hosting provider for this info. For FTP (File Transfer Protocol), the default port is 21 (this may change if custom port is used for FTP application running in the server), For SFTP (SSH File Transfer protocol), default port is 22 (this may change as well if custom port is used for SSH). Port: Port depends on the protocol used for file transfer. (You can also use the domain name if it is resolving to the correct IP of the server) Host: Hostname or IP Address of the server you are connecting to. This portion is where most of us get confused with all the settings. When you set the Site name, all the tabs in the window becomes active. Here is how Site Manager window looks like.Ĭlick on ‘New Site’ button to setup a new FTP connection. It is recommended to use FileZilla > File > Site Manager option to establish FTP connection or you may open Site Manager by just clicking on the button highlighted in the screenshot below.

In this tutorial, we will go through how files can be transferred using FileZilla, this is in assumption that FileZilla is already installed in the server.Ĭlick on Quick connect to establish FTP connection.This is the simplest method to establish an FTP connection. It supports File transfer without encryption (Plain FTP), with SSL/TLS encryption and SFTP ( SSH File Transfer Protocol). It is available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. FileZilla is the most commonly used File transfer application or software (FTP client).

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