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This information should have been e-mailed to you from the Partek licensing team. If you lose this information, contact Partek support and we will resend your authentication key to you.

 

SFTP with WinSCP

WinSCP is an open source, free SFTP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. 

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Download and install WinSCP on your local computer and then launch the program.

  • On the Login page click on the New Site icon.

 

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SubtitleTextAdding NewSite on WinSCP's Login page
AnchorNameWinSCP_New_Site

 

  • Type in the Host Name, which is the same as the web address that you use to access your instance of Partek

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  • Flow 

The web address for your instance of Partek Flow has been sent to you by Partek's Licensing team. In this example, that the web address is ilukic5i.partek.com. The add

  • Type in the User name, that has also been sent to you (and is the same user name that you use to log on to Partek Flow).

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  •  In this example, the web address is lukici.

 

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SubtitleTextAdding Host name and User name information. Use the host and user name that has been sent to you by Partek's licensing team
AnchorNameWinSCP_hostname_username

 

  • To proceed click on the Advanced... button

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  • Then select the Authentication in the SSH section of the Advanced Site Settings dialog

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SubtitleTextAdding the id_rsa file to WinSCP. Use the Advanced Site Settings tab and select Authentication
AnchorNameWinSCP_authentication

 

  • Select the ... button (under Private key file) to browse for the id_rsa file.

The file has been sent to you by Partek's licensing team attached to the same email that gave you your URL and username.

  • If you do not see it in the Select private key file browser, switch to All Files (*.*)

 

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SubtitleTextShowing all files in the Select private key file dialog
AnchorNameWinSCP_allfiles

 

  • Click Open

Select Open. WinSCP will ask you to confirm file format conversion: select

  • Click OK.

 

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SubtitleTextConverting key file format
AnchorNameWinSCP_key_conversion

 WinSCP will create a file in .ppk format. Save

  • Click Save to save the converted key file, id_rsa.ppk, to a secure location on your local computer

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  • Click OK again to confirm the change.

Your private key has been saved in .ppk format and added to WinSCP, so click

  • Click OK to

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  • proceed

 

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SubtitleTextPrivate key in .ppk format added to WinSCP
AnchorNameWinSCP_putty_key

 

  • Click Save to save the new WinSCP settings

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This will open the Save session as site dialog. You can accept the default name (in this example lukici@ilukic5i.partek.com) or add a custom name. The name that you specify here will appear in the left panel of the Login dialog.

  • Once you have made your edits,

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  • click OK.

 

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SubtitleTextCustomising the name for the new site on the Login dialog. In this example, the name is lukici@ilukic5i.partek.com
AnchorNameWinSCP_save_session_site

 

  • On the Login page, select your newly created site (in this example: lukici@ilukic5i.partek.com) and

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  • click the Login button.

The first time you connect, a warning message will appear, asking you whether you want to connect to an unknown server. Select

  • Click Yes to proceed.

 

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SubtitleTextThe first time you connect to your Partek server, WinSCP will present a warning message. Click Yes to connect to the server
AnchorNameWinSCP_unknown_page

 Progress of the The progress towards establishing a connection will be displayed on the screen. No need for your to take any actionin a dialog. This process is automatic and you do not need to do anything.

 

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SubtitleTextProgress of the connection to your Partek server will be displayed on the screen
AnchorNameWinSCP_connecting

 The screen will be split in The WinSCP interface includes is split into two panels. The one panel on the left show shows the directory structure of your local computer , while and the one panel on the right shows the directory structure of your Partek Flow file server. 

 

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SubtitleTextWinSCP screen after connection divides into two panels: the files one the left are on the local computer, while the files on the right are on Partek server
AnchorNameWinSCP_browser

 To transfer a file, just use just drag and drop. Progress drop the file from one panel to the other. The progress of your transfer will be shown on the screen.

 

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SubtitleTextProgress of file transfer is shown on screen
AnchorNameWinSCP_transfer

 

 

SFTP with FileZilla

FileZilla is a graphical file transfer tool that runs on Windows, OSX, and Linux. It is great when needing to do bulk transfers as all transfers are added to a queue and processed in the background. It is possible to browse your files on the Partek Flow server while transfers are active. This is also the best solution when you are not on a computer with command line access or you are uncomfortable with command line operations.

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