How to connect

Learn how to connect to Couchdrop with SFTP or FTP

Connecting to Couchdrop with a SFTP or FTP client is simple. To get started, you will need:

• A username and password or

• A username and key

• The hostname for your Couchdrop POP. This can be found by clicking Connect

• A SFTP or FTP client

General Connection Details

Couchdrop uses the default ports for both SFTP and FTP.

Your hostname will look like <my domain>.couchdrop.io and can be found under Connect in the Couchdrop web app.

Protocol	Port	Description
SFTP	22	The standard port for SFTP, SCP and Rsync.
FTP	20	The standard port for FTP and FTPs via TLS
SCP	22	The standard port for SCP traffic

SFTP Connection Options

SFTP is beautifully simple in terms of configuration options. There are normally only two.

Option	Recommended Value	Description
Hostname	<yourdomain>.couchdrop.io	Couchdrop provides a domain name for each tenant. You can find this under Connect in the Couchdrop web app
Port	22	The standard port for SFTP and SCP

FTP Connection Options

FTP has a few options around networking and security. Couchdrop attempts to support as many clients as feasible, but these are the recommendations.

Option	Recommended Value	Description
TLS auto negotiation	ON	FTP by default is insecure. It is unencrypted and very easy to break. FTPs use an auto negotiation process that occurs during authentication that uses encrypted channels. We recommended always enabling this option.
Port	20	Couchdrop uses the default port for FTP access
Passive Mode	ON	Passive FTP mode forces the client to negotiate data channels with the server. This alleviates most of the issues with NAT and firewalls that do not support active channel negotiation.
Hostname	<yourdomain>.couchdrop.io	Couchdrop provides a domain name for each tenant. You can find this under Connect in the Couchdrop web app