If you are connecting with your domain name rather than home server name you may also need to tick the Always trust this certificate in future session checkbox. You will only be prompted to confirm this certificate the first time you connect to a server. Check carefully that the Subject of certificate - Common Name matches the server you are connecting to - click OK to confirm. The first time you connect you'll see an Unknown certificate prompt.Encryption - Require explicit FTP over TLS (recommended) or None Logon Type - Normal User - your cPanel username Password - your cPanel password Now click the Transfer Settings tab Select the Passive Transfer Mode radio button Tick the Limit number of simultaneous connections checkbox Set the Maximum number of connections to 10 Finally, click OK. Then, on the General Tab enter: Host - Your server's hostname or domain name Port - 21 Protocol - FTP - File Transfer Protocol. In the example below, we added a Site called My Krystal Account. Don't worry if you make a mistake, you can always change it later. Click the New Site button and type in a name for your new Site.

The Site Manager is where you can configure and save profiles for each of your websites.Open FileZilla and select Site Manager from the File menu.

If you have set up SSH keys on either your Windows or Mac computer then FileZilla can also use them to log in. This guide covers setting up FileZilla for FTPS (Explicit SSL/TLS) connections and SFTP (SSH connections). To download FileZilla, visit the FileZilla project website (external link opens in a new window) and download the appropriate version for your system.

We have a separate guide on understanding FTP, your default FTP account and creating additional FTP accounts.

to upload your website's files, or to place a cpmove file in your hosting root directory for restoration. You can use an FTP client to upload or download files from your web hosting server e.g. Using FileZilla to upload files via SFTP(SSH) or FTPS(SSL/TLS)įileZilla is a popular open-source File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client with versions for Windows, Mac OSX and many desktop distributions of Linux.

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