Creating a SFTP Server on Windows

First I will give you brief introduction about SFTP.It is also called SSH File Transfer Protocol ,Secure File Transfer Protocol and Secret File Transfer Protocol.Don't get confused with FTP.Its a secure FTP.In FTP data is send across the network with no encryption.It can be easily hacked.However in SFTP all the data is encrypted before  it is transmitted over the network.


I will not explain it in details.If you are really interested to know more about SFTP you can search on google and Wikipedia.

Since window does not have SFTP feature built in ,we will  need third party software.We need two software one for SFTP server and other for SFTP client.In this case I am using Openssh for Window for SFTP Server and Winscp. for SFTP client.

Here we go...............


Step 1. Create a folder in C:\UPLOAD.You can name it what ever you want I named it "UPLOAD".




Step 2.Go to Computer Management--------->Select user under Local users and Groups.Create a user to connect to SFTP Server.

Note:Make sure you also check “User cannot change password” and “Password never expires.”


Step 3. Go to the properties of sftpuser .In the Profile TAB Home Folder  type the Local Path of Folder.C:\UPLOAD

Step 4. Now Install Openssh.

Step 5. Go to this path in C: drive where you have installed your OpenSSH and type these command.

Step 6. Log in into your client machine and install WinSCP.

Step 7. Run WinSCP and type your SFTP Server IP address in the Host Name and Default Port 22.Enter your user name that you have created in SFTP server and Password.

Step 8.Now Click on Login

NOTE: It will show you a "USAGE WARNING" Don't care about this just click on Continue.

Step 9. WinSCP explorer will open now and You can transfer your files easily.You can see our UPLOAD folder.

Step 10. You can easily transfer your files.