sftp in windows

Question

Trying to get sftp set up for the first time. Basically, a third party application hosted in the cloud wants to sftp to on-prem server to pull files. I see references to openssh server in windows 2019 but cannot find a good documentation on using it for sftp purpose. (third party application wants a sftp url).

What are the steps in setting up sftp after installing openssh server in 2019? And, is there any url associated with sftp? Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi @Ask Always ,

I'm not sure if you can configure an SFTP URL, well you can always use a DNS name/ IP address.
Here's the official Microsoft documentation for setting up an OpenSSH Server on Windows Server 2019 / Windows10:

Install OpenSSH
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse

OpenSSH Server Configuration for Windows 10 1809 and Windows Server 2019
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_server_configuration

Here's also a third party guide:
How to set up an SFTP server in Windows using OpenSSH

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Leon

Answer 2

Used the two articles to create sftp and restrict access. There was another blog that I used to configure user access, that is, restrict user to one root folder. Also, #Match Group Administrators had to be commented.

fyi the sftp url also works in that the browser needs a sftp client extension. If one has a "test" folder and a "myTest.txt" inside that folder then the sftp url to that file will be (at least that seemed to work in my case)

sftp://sftpserver.mydomain.com//test/myTest.txt

Thanks.