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When you start Cyberduck you'll be taken default file transfer window window (see the box to the right). From here you should click on the "Open Connection" button in the upper left hand corner. You'll need to fill in the following values to make a connection to grace:
 
When you start Cyberduck you'll be taken default file transfer window window (see the box to the right). From here you should click on the "Open Connection" button in the upper left hand corner. You'll need to fill in the following values to make a connection to grace:
  
* <u>Site Name</u>: This is a label that you will use to refer to this connection in the future. It can have any value, but it should probably be descriptive. Something like "Linux files on grace" will work.
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* <u>Protocol</u>: Choose 'SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer)' from this drop-down box. This will enable the secure connection to grace. If you don't check this box your connection won't work.
* <u>Host/IP/URL</u>: This should say "grace.evergreen.edu"
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* <u>Server</u>: This should say "grace.evergreen.edu"
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# <u>Port</u>: This should be 22. Cyberduck should automatically fill this out for you.
 
* <u>Username</u>: Fill in your Evergreen Login name here.
 
* <u>Username</u>: Fill in your Evergreen Login name here.
 
* <u>Password</u>: You can either fill this in or leave it blank to have CoreFTP prompt you for it.
 
* <u>Password</u>: You can either fill this in or leave it blank to have CoreFTP prompt you for it.
* <u>SSH/SFTP</u>: The last thing you need to be sure to do is check the "SSH/SFTP" box. This will enable the secure connection to grace. If you don't check this box your connection won't work.
 
  
Once you have all those values filled in correctly choose "Connect". The first time you connect to this server you'll receive a warning about the server's host key not being cached. Click "yes" in this box.
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Once you have all those values filled in correctly choose "Connect". The first time you connect to this server you'll receive a warning about the server's host key not being cached. Click "Always" in this box.
  
 
===Working with Cyberduck===
 
===Working with Cyberduck===
 
[[Image:Cyberduck_LoggedIn.png|thumb|250px|right|Cyberduck logged in and ready to copy files.]]
 
[[Image:Cyberduck_LoggedIn.png|thumb|250px|right|Cyberduck logged in and ready to copy files.]]
When you are properly logged in you'll see a window like the one to the right. This is the main CoreFTP application window. It's a little overwhelming, but you only really need to understand a couple of things about it. First, notice that it gives you two file browsers. The one on the left shows files on your local machine. The one on the right shows files on the server.
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When you are properly logged in you'll see a window like the one to the right. This is the main Cyberduck application window. This window gives you a file listing on the web server (you should see your 'web' directory here). Copying files to the server is as simple as dragging and dropping them in to this window.
* Navigate to your 'web' directory on grace. By default you should start out in your home directory in the right hand panel. You should see your web directory there. Double-clicking on it will take you in to this directory.
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* Now you'll need to navigate to where your local files are on your local machine. CoreFTP kind of stupidly starts you out in c:\, which is the top level of the file system. If you're like most people your files are stored somewhere inside your user directory. To get there double-click on 'Documents and Settings'. Then double-click on your user name. From there you can choose to navigate to wherever your files are.
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Once you have located the file you want to transfer you simply drag it from one pane to the other. This works for copying files both to the server and from the server.
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===Other Help Docs for Cyberduck===
 
===Other Help Docs for Cyberduck===

Revision as of 22:00, 22 October 2007

Cyberduck
The "Open Connection" box.
Adding the Host Key. Choose 'always' here.

To work with files on grace from Mac OS you'll need an FTP program that supports sftp (secure ftp). At Evergreen we use Cyberduck. It's free and relatively easy. If you have another ftp program that you prefer that will do sftp, by all means use it. The instructions below should look pretty similar for your program.


Obtaining Cyberduck: Go here and download Cyberduck 2.8. (Direct link to the .dmg installer file.)

Installing Cyberduck: The installer is simple and self-explanatory. Double-click on the .dmg and it should just happen.

Setting up your first connection When you start Cyberduck you'll be taken default file transfer window window (see the box to the right). From here you should click on the "Open Connection" button in the upper left hand corner. You'll need to fill in the following values to make a connection to grace:

  • Protocol: Choose 'SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer)' from this drop-down box. This will enable the secure connection to grace. If you don't check this box your connection won't work.
  • Server: This should say "grace.evergreen.edu"
  1. Port: This should be 22. Cyberduck should automatically fill this out for you.
  • Username: Fill in your Evergreen Login name here.
  • Password: You can either fill this in or leave it blank to have CoreFTP prompt you for it.

Once you have all those values filled in correctly choose "Connect". The first time you connect to this server you'll receive a warning about the server's host key not being cached. Click "Always" in this box.

Working with Cyberduck

Cyberduck logged in and ready to copy files.

When you are properly logged in you'll see a window like the one to the right. This is the main Cyberduck application window. This window gives you a file listing on the web server (you should see your 'web' directory here). Copying files to the server is as simple as dragging and dropping them in to this window.

Other Help Docs for Cyberduck

Cyberduck HowTos