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How to Establish an SFTP Connection with Your Gameserver

Step-by-step instructions on how to establish an SFTP connection with your gameserver.

1 min read
Jun 24, 2025
  1. Open dashboard
    Open your dashboard and select your server.

  2. Go to overview
    Go to the "Overview" section.

  3. Show access data
    Click on "Show access data" on the right under "SFTP".

  4. Copy access data
    A modal with your SFTP access data appears.

  5. Open SFTP program
    Open an SFTP program of your choice, for example FileZilla or WinSCP.

  6. Enter access data
    Insert the displayed access data there:

    • Server: The displayed server address.
    • User name: Your user name.
    • Password: Your password.
    • Port: The port is set automatically. If not, you will find it after the server address, after the : (e.g. sftp://example.emeraldhost.de:2022).
  7. Manage files
    Now you can access, edit, delete or upload new files to your server.

Written byEmeraldHost Team
Last updated on Mar 19, 2026 Edit on GitHub

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