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'''Setting up your first connection'''
 
'''Setting up your first connection'''
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When you start CoreFTP you'll be taken to the "Site Manager" window (see the box to the right). You'll need to fill in the following values to make a connection to grace:
  
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* Site Name: 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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* Host/IP/URL: This should say "grace.evergreen.edu"
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* Username: Fill in your Evergreen Login name here.
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* Password: You can either fill this in or leave it blank to have CoreFTP prompt you for it.
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* SSH/SFTP: 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.u
 
[[Image:CoreFTPhostKey.jpg|thumb|175px|left|The 'host key' warning. Say 'yes' to this.]]
 
[[Image:CoreFTPhostKey.jpg|thumb|175px|left|The 'host key' warning. Say 'yes' to this.]]
  
 
[[Image:CoreFTPMain.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The main coreFTP application window.]]
 
[[Image:CoreFTPMain.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The main coreFTP application window.]]
 
[[Category:Web Publishing]]
 
[[Category:Web Publishing]]

Revision as of 15:55, 22 October 2007

Connecting to grace w/ coreFTP

To work with files on grace from windows you'll need an FTP program that supports sftp (secure ftp). At Evergreen we use CoreFTP. 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 CoreFTP: Go here and download CoreFTP LE 2.0: Free Version.

Installing CoreFTP: The installer is simple and self-explanatory. It'll attempt to install to C:\Program Files\CoreFTP. To accept all the defaults just click 'Next' 5 or 6 times.

Setting up your first connection When you start CoreFTP you'll be taken to the "Site Manager" window (see the box to the right). You'll need to fill in the following values to make a connection to grace:

  • Site Name: 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.
  • Host/IP/URL: This should say "grace.evergreen.edu"
  • 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.
  • SSH/SFTP: 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.u
The 'host key' warning. Say 'yes' to this.
The main coreFTP application window.