Overview
This document provides the information to connect to your cPanel account via SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol or Secure File Transfer Protocol). SFTP provides file access, transfer, and management tools that resemble FTP through a secure SSH connection. However, SFTP is notmerely FTP over SSH. Instead, it is an entirely separate protocol.
For more information about SFTP, read the SFTP Wikipedia article.
Configure your SFTP client
SFTP clients typically require the following information to connect to a server:
Note:
You may see a warning that the server's host key is unknown. To ensure that this message does not display again, accept the key and store it on your local computer.
