Setup SFTP

Overview

Ophelos Connect is our SFTP service

• We only accept secure connections via SFTP
• We do not store passwords
• We authenticate with a username and public key
• We grant access through our IP address allow list

How to generate your public and private key

Creating a public and private key on Mac

To generate an SSH key with your Mac, follow these steps:

1. Open the Terminal app
2. Type the following command, use your email address

terminal

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "[email protected]"

3. Press enter on prompt Enter file in which to save the key (/Users/yourusername/.ssh/id_rsa):

• or enter a filename of your choice eg. id_rsa_ophelos_sftp

4. Press enter for no passphrase Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
5. Press enter to confirm no passphrase Enter same passphrase again:

6. Your generated ssh key is stored in the /Users/your-username/.ssh/ folder
7. Copy and share your public key only

Bash

	$ cat /Users/your-username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

ssh-rsa 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 [email protected]

Creating a public and private key on Windows

On Windows, we will use PuTTYgen to create your public and private key.

To generate an SSH key with PuTTYgen, follow these steps:

1. Open the PuTTYgen program.
2. For Type of key to generate, select SSH-2 RSA.
3. Click the Generate button.
4. Move your mouse in the area below the progress bar. When the progress bar is full, PuTTYgen generates your key pair.
5. Type a passphrase in the Key passphrase field. Type the same passphrase in the Confirm passphrase field. You can use a key without a passphrase, but this is not recommended.
6. Click the Save private key button to save the private key.  You must save the private key. You will need it to connect to your machine.
7. Right-click in the text field labeled Public key for pasting into OpenSSH authorized_keys file and choose Select All.
8. Right-click again in the same text field and choose Copy.

SFTP setup to transfer files

Transferring files using CyberDuck on macOS

To set up CyberDuck for file transfer

1. Add a new SFTP site bookmark
2. Select SFTP (SSH File Transfer Procotol)
3. Enter the server name
4. Enter Port to 22
5. Enter your username
6. Leave Password empty
7. Select your SSH Private Key
8. Close window and connect to server

Transfering files using Filezilla on Windows

To set up FileZilla for file transfer

1. Open the FileZilla client.

2. Choose File, and then choose Site Manager.

3. In the Site Manager dialog box, choose New site.

4. On the General tab, for Protocol, choose a protocol: SFTP

5. For Host name

6. For Port number, enter the following:

   • 22 for SFTP

7. If SFTP is selected, for Logon Type, choose Key file.

   For Key file, choose or enter the SSH private key.

8. For User, enter the name for the user provided eg. company_name

Next steps

Contact your dedicated Customer Success Manager or email [email protected] a list of those people from your Organisation who need access and you should be set!