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Pearl-2 User Guide Configure AFU to SFTP server parameters
4. Enter the SFTP account username in the Login field.
5. Enter the SFTP account password in the Password field. The characters are masked with dots.
Alternatively, you can choose to use a private key instead of a password for authentication.
6. Select Use temp file to name files with a temporary filename extension (.part) on the server until
upload is complete.
For secure file transfer, you can upload an SSH identity for your Pearl-2. This key must be
trusted by the destination server. Details for generating the key and setting up this trust
are beyond the scope of this document.
7. (Optional) Set up SSH identity for SCP and SFTP clients. If no identity is uploaded, or to upload a new
identity (overwrites the old identity):
a. Click Choose File and navigate to select the private key file from your hard drive, then click
Open .
b. Click Upload to upload the file.
The system accepts RSA keys for SSH-1; DSA, ECDSA, EC25519 and RSA for SSH-2.
Keys must be in
OpenSSH format.
c. (Optional) Use the Test your key field to test your uploaded key against the secure server.
8. Click Apply
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