{"id":6096,"date":"2022-11-02T16:14:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/?page_id=6096"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T16:52:03","slug":"filesystems-file-transfer-filezilla-tool","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/filesystems\/file-transfer\/filesystems-file-transfer-filezilla-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"FileZilla tool (all OS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Estimated Time to Complete<\/strong>: &lt;10 minutes<\/p>\n<h2>FileZilla File Transfer for Windows, Mac and Linux<\/h2>\n<p>The free Filezilla client tool allows files and directories to be transferred to and from the CSF\/iCSF\/ or the RDS service using a drag-n-drop GUI-based session. The instructions below assume you have an installed version on the machine you are using. For help with downloading and installing refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/download.php?type=client\">FileZilla client<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>FileZilla Client version 3.60.1 (at the time of writing &#8211; newer versions may now be available)<\/li>\n<li>UoM 2FA Device<\/li>\n<li>CSF\/iCSF\/RDS-SSH Account<\/li>\n<li>If Off-Campus ensure that you are connected to the latest version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/ourservices\/popular\/vpn\/\">UoM VPN (Global Protect)<\/a> with 2FA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Create a session for transferring files<\/h2>\n<p>This tutorial will guide you through on how to create a new session in FileZilla and connect to Computational Shared Facility (CSF3) for transferring your files.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Video<\/strong> <\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/personalpages.manchester.ac.uk\/staff\/constantinos.katsamis\/tutorials\/fz\/videos\/FileZilla_v4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/personalpages.manchester.ac.uk\/staff\/constantinos.katsamis\/tutorials\/fz\/images\/fz_image.jpg\" alt=\"Video Create a New Session \" width=\"260\" height=\"200\" border=\"10\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Steps to start session:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>1. Firstly, please ensure that you have signed in to Global Protect.<\/p>\n<p>Then, open the FileZilla and from the Menu Bar create a new site\/session<\/p>\n<p><code>File &gt;Site Manager&gt; New site.<\/code><\/p>\n<p>2.Rename the <strong>new site<\/strong> to <strong>csf3<\/strong> and enter the following in:<\/p>\n<p>Under the <strong>&#8216;General&#8217;<\/strong> tab<br \/>\n<code>Host: <b>csf3.itservices.manchester.ac.uk<\/b><br \/>\nPort: <b>22<\/b><br \/>\nProtocol: <b>SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol<\/b><br \/>\nLogon Type: <b>Interactive<\/b><br \/>\nUser and Password: Enter your <b>central username and password<\/b> <\/code><br \/>\nPlease note that all the above should be type in lower case.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <strong>&#8216;Transfer Settings&#8217;<\/strong> tab<br \/>\n<code>Limit number of simultaneous connections: Enabled<br \/>\nMaximum number of connections: 1<\/code><\/p>\n<p>3. In order to start the session click the <b>Connect<\/b> tab. If connecting for the first time, the prompt will ask you if you trust and you accept the host key for <strong>csf3<\/strong>. It is <strong>safe<\/strong> to do so \u2013 select <b>ok. <\/b> If you do not want to see this prompt again every time you create a csf3 session, then check the option<b>Always trust this host, add this key to the cache<\/b> so the public key is saved in your machine.<\/p>\n<p>4.Following, it will ask you again to authenticate the connection to csf3 by entering your<br \/>\n<b>central password<\/b> and selecting <b>ok<\/b>. Depending whether you are On-Campus or Off-Campus you might need to follow:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On-Campus: <\/strong>If you use the Duo mobile app as your 2FA device, Enter <strong>&#8216;1&#8217;<\/strong> at the 2-factor-authentication prompt that will appear and press <b>ok<\/b>. Once the push notification has been received via the Duo mobile app &#8216;Approve&#8217; the request in order to log on.If you use a Duo fob as your 2FA device, generate a passcode with the fob, type the passcode at the prompt and press <b>ok<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><strong>or<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Off-Campus: <\/strong>If logging in from off-campus you will first need to be connected to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/vpn\"> University VPN (GlobalProtect) with 2FA<\/a>.It may take a moment for the connection to be established.Your files and directories in your csf3 home will then be loaded in the right panel. You can now navigate over and select the ones you want to transfer to and from csf3 by using a <b>Drag and Drop<\/b> approach to the appropriate directory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. Enter your central password and choose <b>ok<\/b> for the process to start.<\/p>\n<p>6. Click on the tabs <b>Queued files<\/b> <b>Failed transfers<\/b> <b>Successful transfers<\/b> to monitor the process and check if it is was successful or not. If the file transferred successfully to the destination path it should appear with a <em>100%<\/em> status in <b>Successful transfers<\/b><\/p>\n<p>7. Steps 1-6 can be repeated for any other service e.g <code>rds-ssh.itservices.manchester.ac.uk<\/code>. Please note that you only need to do steps 2 &amp; 3 the first time you start FileZilla.<\/p>\n<h2>Next step<\/h2>\n<p>You should now be able to create a new session within FileZilla and subsequently connect to the various Research IT computational platforms. If you experienced any problems or require further support then please see <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/overview\/help\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Further Reading and more information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.filezilla-project.org\/Documentation\">FileZilla Documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.filezilla-project.org\/FileZilla_Client_Tutorial_(en)\">FileZilla Tutorial Main Page<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estimated Time to Complete: &lt;10 minutes FileZilla File Transfer for Windows, Mac and Linux The free Filezilla client tool allows files and directories to be transferred to and from the CSF\/iCSF\/ or the RDS service using a drag-n-drop GUI-based session. The instructions below assume you have an installed version on the machine you are using. For help with downloading and installing refer to FileZilla client. Requirements FileZilla Client version 3.60.1 (at the time of writing.. <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/filesystems\/file-transfer\/filesystems-file-transfer-filezilla-tool\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2767,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6096","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6096"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10380,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6096\/revisions\/10380"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/csf3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}