SFTP Storage

This page contains the information to ingest your data from an SFTP server.

Prerequisites

  • SFTP server URL, Username and Password

  • Directory path to start the data ingestion from

For more information, please refer to SFTP documentation.

Step-by-Step Guide

Source Connector SFTP

  1. Access the Create Source Page. Navigate to the “Sources” section on the left sidebar and click the “New Source” button.

  2. Select Source Type. Select SFTP Storage from the Type dropdown menu.

  3. Configure Source Details to connect to SFTP

  • Name (required): Enter a unique name for the SFTP source connector.

  • Remote URL (required): Specify the SFTP server URL with the full path (e.g., sftp://host:port/path/).

  • SFTP username: Input the username for logging into the SFTP server.

  • Password (required): Enter the password associated with the SFTP username.

  1. Additional Settings

  • Check Uncompress if the files to be ingested are compressed and require decompression.

  • Check Recursive if you want the platform to recursively ingest files from subdirectories.

  1. Submit. After filling in the necessary information, click ‘Submit’ to create the Source Connector. The newly completed SFTP connector will be listed on the Sources dashboard.