This article will guide you how to quickly connect Filezilla to your seedbox. If you want to read short explanation about FTP and SFTP then jump to the next sections.
Quick Start
Downloading and Installing Filezilla
Filezilla is available on Windows, Mac and Linux. You can download them from https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client
Just run the .exe or .dmg to install. On linux please use your distribution package manager. e.g.
Ubuntu / Debian / Mint:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install filezilla
Fedora:
sudo dnf install filezilla
Arch Linux:
sudo pacman -S filezilla
Connecting by using the Filezilla profile for your seedbox
Download the Filezilla profile and import it to your Filezilla
Login to your client area https://members.rapidseedbox.com
Select your seedbox service
Click the Filezilla icon next to FTPs or SFTP credentials
Your browser will download the xml file.
Launch your Filezilla and import the xml file.
After Importing you will find the connection profile in Filezilla's site manager.
Just click it to connect.
Voila
Safety concerns. The XML file contains the password of your seedbox you should delete it after importing. Also protect your FileZilla site manager using a Master Password
Connecting by entering the information manually
Basically the same as above but this time you need to copy/paste or typing manually your seedbox connection. This is what you do if you use other FTP/SFTP client other than FileZilla
Login to your client area https://members.rapidseedbox.com
Select your seedbox service
From there you need IP Address/Hostname, Port, Username and The Password
Hostname and Port is written as hostname:port so when it says
45.91.209.218:21it means Hostname is 45.91.209.218 and port is 21After copy/pasting it will look like this and then you can hit the Quickconnect button.
If you want to use SFTP protocol then you need to add sftp:// prefix in front of the Hostname/IP e.g. sftp://45.91.209.218
Downloading, uploading and managing files.
The Two Panes.
Filezilla main interface has 2 panes. Each consisting a list of files and folders. The one on the left is your local device. And the one on the right is your seedbox.
Downloading means transferring files from your seedbox to your local device. Visually, it looks like as copying from the right pane to the left pane. And uploading is the opposite. Basically what you do to download :
Select the Destination folder on the left pane
Select the files/folders you want to download on the right pane. You can select multiple items by holding control key while clicking.
Right click and select downloads
Your selected items will be put on a queue at the bottom.
You can also do all kinds of file management actions like renaming, moving, deleting etc. from the right click menu.
FTP vs. SFTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
The "classic" method. It is older but generally faster. The original protocol was insecure, but don't worry FTP of today supports encryption. In fact, all of our seedboxes only supports encrypted FTP. We do not support plain unencrypted FTP. FTP in operation use 2 types of port. Control port where clients and servers communicate about requests. And Data port where the actual transfer happens for the requested items.
SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
The mewer standard. It uses SSH (Secure Shell) to encrypt the connection. Everything—from your login credentials to the data itself—is scrambled, making it the go-to for transfers over the internet. SFTP is also simpler in terms in network because it only use a single port for requests and actual data transfers.