SFTPGo is a powerful and secure file transfer server that supports SFTP, FTP and HTTPS protocols. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SFTPGo on Linux Mint, step by step.
To install SFTPGo on Linux Mint, you need to have a few packages installed:
To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo apt install curl gnupg wget nano
SFTPGo is available on the official repository of the creator. First, we need to add the repository to the system. Open the terminal and run the following command:
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/drakkan/sftpgo-deb $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sftpgo.list
The above command will add the SFTPGo repository.
Next, add the GPG key:
curl -s https://api.bintray.com/users/drakkan/keys/gpg/public.key | sudo apt-key add -
Before installing SFTPGo, run the following command to update the system:
sudo apt update -y
Then, install SFTPGo using the following command:
sudo apt install sftpgo
This command will download and install SFTPGo on your system.
After installing SFTPGo, make sure the service is running, you can check it using:
sudo systemctl status sftpgo.service
You should see the output showing that the service is running.
Next, we need to edit the configuration file of SFTPGo. The configuration file is stored in "/etc/sftpgo.yaml". Open the file using your preferred text editor, for example, nano:
sudo nano /etc/sftpgo.yaml
The content of the configuration file is in YAML format. You can modify them to fit your requirements, such as configuring the listen address, port, user authentication, etc.
Once you have finished editing the configuration file, save and close it.
Now we need to start the SFTPGo service. Run the following command:
sudo systemctl start sftpgo.service
Next, check whether the service is running:
sudo systemctl status sftpgo.service
You should see the output showing that the service is running.
SFTPGo is now up and running on your Linux Mint system. You can now connect to your SFTP server using your preferred SFTP client by using the IP address of your Linux machine and the port number specified in the configuration file.
Well done, you have set up SFTPGo on Linux Mint.
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