You can leave Default remote directory: blank if you simply wish to connect to your RC account’s home directory. You can type this in or click the Browse button and find the directory you want. – on your computer) directory/folder you’d like to start in when connecting. OPTIONAL In the Advanced tab, select the local (i.e. Otherwise you will be prompted for your password and token each time the token expires and for every new simultaneous connection during file transfers. IMPORTANT Click the Transfer tab and check the Limit number of simultaneous connections box and set Maximum number of connections to “1”.

In newer versions of Filezilla, the password box will not exist, and in older versions of Filezilla it will be greyed out because we’re using Interactive login, which will instead prompt you for a password when you click Connect.

Protocol: select SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol.

If you are connecting to FASSE, enter fasselogin.rc.

If you are connecting to Cannon, enter login.rc.

Enter the connection details in the General tab. Once installed, launch Filezilla and click the Site Manager icon in the upper left to begin setting up a connection bookmark for future use.Ĭlick New Site to add a new bookmark. IMPORTANT: If you have never logged into the cluster before, please insure you’ve gone through the setup process and set up your OpenAuth token before proceeding.

Linux users may be able to install Filezilla using their respective package manager. Download and Installįirst you will need to download and install the Filezilla client You can download the latest version from NOTE: Please download from this page and not the big green button so as to avoid bundled adware.

NOTE: If your SFTP session constantly disconnects after several seconds, see this FAQ entry.

This document will outline setting up a bookmark in Filezilla to connect to the cluster or other RC file resources you have access to. As such Research Computing is recommending its use over previous clients, especially as it does not have some of the quirks of clients like Cyberduck or SecureFX. It is available cross-platform (Mac, Windows and Linux) and is actively maintained.

Filezilla is a free and open source SFTP client which is built on modern standards.

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