Files: file manager, FTP, SFTP and SSH

For everyone

There are three ways to reach your site's files: the file manager in the panel, a program such as FileZilla over FTP or SFTP, and a command line over SSH. Each one sees only your own subscription's folder; the rest of the server stays closed.

Where to find them

Open Domains and choose the domain. Two of its tabs are about files:

• Files is the file manager.
• Access turns on FTP, SFTP and SSH, and shows how to connect.

Your website's files are in the public_html folder. A team member (user) sees Files if the customer opened it for them, but never Access.

The file manager

The Files tab lists the site's folders and files. With it you can:

• open a folder, and go back with Go up;
• Upload files from your computer;
• create a New folder or a New file;
• Edit a text file up to 1 MB, such as a configuration file, and save it;
• Download or Delete a file.

Pictures, archives and other binary files can be uploaded and downloaded, but not edited in the panel. For many files at once, FTP or SFTP is quicker.

FTP and SFTP

On the Access tab:

1. Turn on File access (FTP and SFTP).
2. Under Set a password, choose a password of 8 to 128 characters, or add an SSH key (see SSH keys).
3. Press Review the change. The panel shows what will change on the server.
4. Press Apply the change.

The box Connect with FileZilla then shows your server name, user name and folder, step by step. FTP is always encrypted (FTP over TLS); plain FTP is not offered. SFTP uses the same user name and password.

CelikPanel does not store your password and cannot show it again. If you forget it, set a new one in the same place.

SSH keys

A key is safer than a password. Under SSH keys, paste one public key, the contents of your .pub file, for example:

ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAA… you@laptop

Never paste the private key, the file without .pub. Some servers accept only keys for SFTP and SSH; the Access tab tells you when that is the case, and FTP then still uses the password.

The command line (SSH)

Command line (SSH) opens a terminal closed into your subscription's folder, with basic file tools only. Turn it on only if you need it, in the same way as file access: tick it, then Review the change and Apply the change. Connect with the same user name and your password or key:

ssh -p 22 user@server.example.com

Use the host, port and user name the Access tab shows; they may differ from this example. If Command line (SSH) is not part of your subscription's plan, the tab says so. File access is not affected, and your provider can add it.

When SSH cannot be turned on yet

The command line takes its tools from the server. If the server lacks some of them, the Access tab says which ones, and the SSH option stays hidden until they are there. FTP and SFTP keep working meanwhile.

• Customers: the server administrator has to install the tools. Ask your provider; the option appears on the tab once they are installed.
• The administrator sees the missing tools with their official package names and an Install the tools button. The option appears as soon as they are installed.

An account that already had the command line keeps it meanwhile, without the missing tools.

Common messages

For any other message, read it as Reading a state and getting help explains: it says who has to act and what to do next.