课程: Learning SFTP
Lab setup
- [Instructor] In order to explore transferring files from one system to another, we'll need at least two computers. In the lab setup I'll use for this course, I have a Linux system acting as a server and a Windows PC acting as a client. I also have an iPad that I'll use briefly, and a cloud server that I'll use at the end of the course to demonstrate posting a website on the internet. If you don't have these two things, that's fine. And you can just watch what I do instead of following along. But you'll need a server and a client. The client system I'll be using for most of the course is a Windows PC. But if you have a Mac, you can follow along just fine as well. Your client will need to be able to communicate with your server through the network. The server needs to be running SSH server software, and you'll need login information or credentials, a username and a password or key for an account on your server. The server is where things can get a little complicated. If you already have an SSH server that you intend to use, and it's all set up, that's great. But if not, we'll spend a little bit of time exploring our options in the next video. In my lab, my server has the IP address, 10.0.1.100, and I'll be using that throughout the course to access the server. There is nothing special about this address, so it doesn't matter if your server has a different address. What's important though, is that you know the address to access your server, and that it's accessible through the network by your client system. So if your lab is ready to go, you're ready to move forward. If not, you'll need to take the time to get things set up in whatever fashion you decide is best for you. Or you can sit back and watch instead of following along step by step. If you're following along with me, it will also be helpful to have some files to use to practice with. So I'm providing the files I'm using in this course for you to download. You can find them on the course page under the name Exercise Files, or you can find them on GitHub at this address. Either way, I recommend you download them to your local system before continuing, or you're welcome to use a copy of your own files instead. I'll download the files from GitHub here on my client system. I'll find the big green button, and then and I'll choose Download ZIP. I'll choose to save the file and click OK. Once that's downloaded, I'll find my downloads folder and open up the file that I just downloaded. I'll drag this folder inside to my desktop. And then I'll right click to rename this item, and I'll call it ExerciseFiles with no spaces. If I take a look inside, I see a variety of files, including some images, an Excel spreadsheet, a text document, and a directory containing a website that we'll use toward the end of the course.