The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on a computer network. It is one of the easiest ways to manage your files on your GigaDrive, move them around, rename them, transfer them from GigaDrive to your computer and vice versa.
This guide will show you how you can connect to your GigaDrive using FileZilla. FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client which is available for Windows, MacOSX and Linux.
This guide applies to any FTP server application available on your dashboard. At the time of writing, the following FTP server applications are supported: vsftpd, Pure-FTPd, and SFTPGo.
vsftpd
or pureftpd
or sftpgo
.Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for vsftpd
or pureftpd
or sftpgo
.
Click Access button to open the Access Info page.
On this page, you will find all details for your FTP server.
Download and install filezilla from here.
Open filezilla and navigate to File > Site Manager.
Click New Site button to create a new FTP configuration and fill up all the details from previous step.
Click Connect to start your FTP connection.
To enable viewing hidden file listing navigate to Server and click Force Showing Hidden Files
. Then click OK.
To quickly open a remote path/directory, simple enter the path in Remote Site:
text field. All GigaDrive account has the following common paths.
General root/storage directory for all apps
Root directory for all application data
Root directory for all downloaded data