Note: Importing a site’s public key is not supported. In the Edit – Settings menu of the FileZilla Pro client, you can add the key file under Connection – SFTP, and FileZilla Pro can then use the public key authentication in the site manager with the ‘Interactive’ Logontype on connection.pem format – see below for conversion options from other formats.) The user is prompted for the key file’s password if necessary. If the SFTP Protocol is specified, it is possible to specify the Logon Type as “Key File” and specify the location of the private key file (in. In the profile settings in the Site Manager of the FileZilla Pro client.There are three mechanisms for use of the FileZilla client with SSH2 keys: Like your user ID, this might be different to your usual password for the site. If you have a user ID, your password for the server if that is required.Some servers won’t require a login, and will instead allow an anonymous connection (typically for downloads).This might be different to your usual login for the site. The address of the server, and its port number if it uses a non-standard one.Below you find a step by step guide, if you prefer you can watch our How to Use SSH Private Keys for SFTP video tutorial.īefore connecting to an SFTP remote server, you’ll need some connection information:
