SFTP Secure Server on CentOS is a premier image designed by Ntegral optimized for production environments on Azure.

Looking to access your data anywhere without having to migrate it? Then look no further.

What is SFTP?

SFTP, or Secure File Transfer Protocol, is a secure file transfer protocol that uses secure shell encryption to provide a high level of security for sending and receiving file transfers.

SFTP is similar to FTPS in that it uses AES and other algorithms to secure data as it travels between different systems. SFTP also provides several methods to fulfill the authentication of a connection such as user IDs and passwords, SSH keys, or combinations of these. SFTP is capable of helping enterprises achieve file transfer compliance as required for HIPAA, GDPR, and other regulatory regimes.

How to Use

Create the SFTP group and user
Now we're going to create a special user that doesn't have regular login privileges, but does belong to our newly created sftp_users group. What you call that user is up to you. The command for this is:
useradd -g sftp_users -d /upload -s /sbin/nologin USERNAME
Where USERNAME is the name of the user.
Next, give the new user a password. This password will be the password the new users use to log in with the sftp command. To set up the password, issue the command:
passwd USERNAME
Where USERNAME is the name of the user created above.
Create the new user SFTP directory
Now we're going to create an upload directory, specific to the new user, and then give the directory the proper permissions. This is handled with the following commands:
sudo mkdir -p /data/USERNAME/upload
sudo chown -R root:sftp_users /data/USERNAME
sudo chown -R USERNAME:sftp_users /data/USERNAME/upload
Where USERNAME is the name of the new user you created above.

Why Ntegral?

SFTP Secure Server on CentOS 8.4 is a premier image for enterprise cloud environments. Our instances provide an excellent virtual machine (VM) platform for all workloads and various database platforms.

Key Benefits

• Supports SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS)
• Create private / public keys for secure communication between clients
• Supports resume and transfer of large files
• Multiple methods of encryption including AES 128, AES 256, 3DES, Blowfish, and more
• Encryption with SSL/TLS (for FTPS)
• Per-user permissions on the underlying file system
• Active Directory integration LDAP
• GUI configuration tool
• Restrict access to connect with IP address ACL
• Logging
• Create Virtual Directories
• View / Disconnect active users
• Limit max connections and set idle timeout
• Ability to change ports
• Set max transfer rate per user

No contract needed: pay per hour