Making Remote Server Connections
Configure a remote server to allow transfer of large files to and from . This may include exporting custom reports or retrieving your data for importing purposes.
- Open the Settings menu and select FTP Configurations.
-
Select an existing configuration to edit a remote connection, or
Press the Create new button to create a new remote connection.
You can choose from:
Configuring an SFTP connection
On the configuration page:
- Enter a name for your configuration.
- Select SFTP from the protocol dropdown. The port defaults to 22.
- Select an encryption key config from the dropdown.
- Complete the highlighted fields by:
- Entering the server name for your SFTP server.
- Entering your username or domain\username.
- Entering the password to your SSH private key.
- Entering the remote directory name or "." if using the home directory.
- Adding any optional comments.
- Press the Test Connection button to confirm the settings and connection.
- Press the Save button to save your configuration.
Configuring an S3 connection
On the configuration page:
- Enter a name for your configuration.
- Select S3 from the protocol dropdown.
- Complete the highlighted fields by:
- Entering your S3 bucket name.
- Entering your AWS access key.
- Entering your AWS secret key.
- Entering the S3 object prefix or leave blank if using the root bucket.
- Adding any optional comments.
- Press the Test Connection button to confirm the settings and connection.
- Press the Save button to save your configuration.
Editing a remote connection
When you open the FTP configurations menu, you will see a table of existing configurations.
- Select the pencil icon next to a configuration to reopen the configuration page.
- Edit your settings as required.
- Press the Test Connection button to confirm your connection works.
- Press the Save button to save your changes.
If you need to delete a configuration, press the Delete button in the table of configurations.