This a step by step guide to connect to WordPress site on InstaWP via SFTP. To connect via SFTP you will need three things
- SSH Key Pair
- InstaWP Configuration
- FileZilla
Key Pair – Windows Users
Download Putty and generate a SSH key pair to be used to connect to SFTP server on InstaWP. Putty contains both – SSH connector and SSH Key pair generator.
Key Pair – Mac/Linux Users
Unix based systems comes with pre-installed command based SSH utility which can be accessed from terminal. To generate a key pair, simply enter.
ssh-keygen This will generate a key in your home directory i.e ~/.ssh/ folder.
Configure InstaWP
Paste the SSH public key to your InstaWP profile at https://app.instawp.io/user/profile
~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub for Mac/Linux users or Puttygen window public key.Next, enable FTP connection for your site (available only for paid users).
Configure FileZilla
You can use any SFTP client, in this example we are using FileZilla. Create a new Site from Site manager.
Select the Logon Type as “Key File” and browser the ppk file we generated earlier. (For Mac/Linux user browse to ~/.ssh/id_rsa and Filezilla will ask you to convert the file, then save it in a new location as ppk file.
