Cyberduck can send both your login credentials and file transfers over the network securely encrypted (provided you’re using SFTP), while standard FTP clients send this information as plaintext. ![]() You’ll need to make sure your Linode is running an SSH daemon (all Linodes run an OpenSSH server by default), and that you have a user account on the server before following these instructions. If you wish, you may use the root account on your Linode to perform file transfers, although you may need to change file ownership and permissions on the server after doing so. ![]() You can obtain the software from the Cyberduck home page. Click the link for the “dmg” installation image. The contents of the installation image will resemble this: You may save the file to your desktop and double-click it to view its contents, or you may instruct your browser to open it automatically. You may wish to drag the Cyberduck icon from the “Applications” folder to your dock to provide easy access to the program. Run the program by single-clicking its icon on the dock or by double-clicking the icon in “Applications” folder. You’ll be presented with the main program window:Ĭlick “Open Connection” (indicated by the arrow icon above), and you’ll be presented with several fields. Make sure “SFTP” is selected in the pull-down control shown at the top of the window. Enter your Linode’s IP address (shown on the Networking tab of the Linode Cloud Manager) into the “Server” field. If you’ve configured DNS to point a domain name to your Linode’s IP address, you may enter it instead. ![]() Specify the username you’d like to use for the connection in the “Username” field. Please note that this should be the name associated with a user account on your Linode if you’re in doubt or haven’t created any additional user accounts yet, enter “root” as shown below.
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