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How Can I Use FTP to Transfer Files from a Local Windows Computer to a Windows or Linux ECS?
Scenarios
This section describes how to use FTP to transfer files from a local Windows computer to an ECS.
Prerequisites
FTP has been enabled on the target ECS.
- If the target ECS runs Windows, see Setting Up an FTP Site (Windows).
- If the target ECS runs Linux, see Setting Up an FTP Site (Linux).
Procedure
- Download FileZilla and install it on the local Windows computer.
- On the local Windows computer, open FileZilla, enter the information about the target ECS, and click Quickconnect.
- Host: EIP bound to the ECS
- Username: username set when the FTP site was set up
- Password: password of the username
- Port: FTP access port, which is port 21 by default
Figure 1 Setting connection parameters
- Drag files from the local computer on the left to the target ECS on the right for transferring.
Parent topic: File Transferring
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