# SFTP in Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [November 15, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sftp-in-ignition/98690 "2024-11-15T21:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alok.Vijayakumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19b73/32.png) [@Alok.Vijayakumar](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alok.Vijayakumar)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sftp-in-ignition/98690/1 "2024-11-15T21:36:33Z")
I have a device that only supports SFTP. Do we have a script available to connect to the device using SFTP? I tried using a standard FTP script, but it didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sftp-in-ignition/98690/2 "2024-11-15T21:43:47Z")
Nothing easy or ready to use. If you search "SFTP" you'll find a few threads about this. I don't think anybody has built a reusable solution. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sftp-in-ignition/98690/3 "2024-11-15T22:53:22Z")
It's not really an Ignition question, since support is readily available in competent operating systems, and also available with a bit more trouble in Windows. Start by installing SSHFS. This lets you mount an SFTP target device to a local mount point. Then, if this is more-or-less permanent, make an entry in `/etc/fstab` so it is established at boot time. If you wish the connection to spin up on demand, and perhaps be a bit more resilient, configure it to `automount` instead of boot-mount. (I haven't played with the automounter lately, but it is well documented.) With it mounted, Ignition accesses it just like a local folder. ---
**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sftp-in-ignition/98690/4 "2024-11-15T23:44:11Z")
> [@pturmel](#): > > competent operating systems, and also available with a bit more trouble in Windows 🤣 Despite still being a slave to windows I do enjoy the subtle and not so subtle, yet thoroughly deserved, windows criticism.