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Connect to it using sftp and grab it using your GUI
sftp?
im new to server stuff
Use the program "Winscp", it's an ssh client and sftp client in one
It'll make everything you're trying to do a hell of a lot easier
so if i connect winscp to my cloud server it adds a gui and stuff?
To an extent, yeah.
i wanted to do that a bit ago but didnt look into it much
would i also be able to move server folders into it
You can use it to do file transfers yeah
nice, that was gonna be my second question lol
It doesn't give you like
A desktop environment on the server or anything
But it gives you a file explorer and a text box to type into at the same time.
so would i just be able to drag stuff into the file explorer
even if the server is on a cloud instead of my pc
actually its all good, ill mess around with it and if i have problems ill prob be back, ty
👍
Also, any time you move files to or from your server
I would STRONGLY recommend zipping it up first
ok
does winscp make it easier
SFTP file transfers suck if you try to transfer many files at once
because i remember i tried to move a folder once and it just moved an empty folder
or something, i dont remember exactly what happened but it didnt move the folder properly, which leads me to this question
archive the folder using zip or tar or tar.gz or whatever, then pull it off the server using an ftp client like senor leche said, winscp isnt the only ftp client that exists, filezilla is also one you could use but i personally also use winscp
FileZilla has been quite unreliable for me, usually doing big file transfers will randomly disconnect me from the remote connection or just give me error codes. Winscp is the goat
sftp is a resumeable protocol
even if it disconnects u can just resume
i got winscp but now im uncertain on how to continue with connecting
Yeah but FileZilla kept disconnecting me over and over
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havent had that happen to me yet
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe skill issue
the server is an oracle cloud server thats actually my friends but he connecting my ssh key or whatgever to it aswell
Where are you stuck at?
do i need him to send me the key file or should i just put the one i have
i dont exactly remember which mine is since i set this all up a while ago and just got back and started messing with it again
put the one u have
do i still need the hostname and stuff?
hostname is just the ip
yeah
hollup
cuz i was trying to do it earlier without an ssh and kept getting this error
If your host set you up with key pair authentication then you would use your private key to connect, host name is the IP, and username is whatever username he set you up with or the one you chose, depends on how you coordinated it. Password is usually left blank with ssh keys but you may have set up a passcode for your ssh key. Leave certificate blank unless you have that setup as well.
Passcode for ssh key does not equal password for login
So leave it blank unless it asks you for the passcode after you try to connect
i was looking at the ssh key thing and it said winscp should auto convert it to a putty format file
but mine didnt
What is your file extension for the key
also i feel like my ip is wrong but idk why, i did ip addr and put in the one next to inet
Looks like a Microsoft publisher file extension. Try this https://www.simplified.guide/putty/convert-ssh-key-to-ppk
Putty private keys usually end in .ppk
ye
ill do that rn
not converting
im guessing because it wants a private key and i have the public
or idk
There’s your problem. You need a private key
yeah
i dont remember how to get it
guessing through oracle
Didn’t you generate one with puttygen?
nah this public is from a while ago
How do you have the public key but not the private one
How did you even get the public key
uh
oracle
i tried getting a free cloud server from oracle but the wait time is crazy, so i just got ssh keys and connected to my friends
So you don’t even own this server ._.
Do you even have permission to access the server files?
And you say “ssh keys” but you only have the public key…
think i found it
yeah
:jerry:
my friend woke up lmao
:1146_dance:
he remembered where it was
So ur good right
Got the private key now?
ye its a .key, so i should convert to putty then just call it a day
Thar she blows, ahab
gg
Select it in winscp authentication and ur good to go
:thonk:
U sure u did the login right
idc anymore lmao
isnt the ip 10.0.0.232
posting that in public server prob not bueno
22 is the default port
Nobody here is going to steal ur info
is mine that 24?
ye
try 24
Is it a locally hosted machine?
no
its the oracle free cloud server
same error
Well you wouldn't connect to a 10.0.0.0/24 network from your house over the internet.
yeah i felt it was wrong
but idk where to get it
Your oci panel should have your VPS IP
the panel on the oracle website?
What IP were you connecting to with putty before moving to winscp?
Use that in winscp
i never used putty
ive been doing stuff through cmd
just raw
What IP were you connecting to there
Use that in winscp
the public?
its the public ip
but now its refusing the username
nvm
we in
my heros
:2325_catJAM:
Let’s goooo
May I ask why its better zo zip it first?
Explained in my next message
also makes it so theres less to transfer (if ur compressing it)