{"id":1460,"date":"2024-10-31T10:02:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T10:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/?page_id=1460"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:41:54","slug":"file-transfer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/getting-started-on-icsf\/file-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"File Transfers to\/from the iCSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Files can be transferred between your PC\/laptop and the iCSF in a number of ways. GUI programs (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/winscp.net\/\">WinSCP<\/a> on Windows, <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberduck.io\/\">CyberDuck<\/a> on Windows and Mac, and <a href=\"https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/\">FileZilla<\/a> on all platforms) or command-line programs (such as <code>rsync<\/code> on Mac\/Linux) can be used.<\/p>\n<p>Note that for file-transfers, you <em>do not<\/em> transfer files first to the x2go desktop. The server which provide the x2go desktops are small and do not have any RDS storage. Instead, you must transfer files between your laptop\/PC and the iCSF directly, using the methods below. Please DO NOT storage anything on the x2go desktop servers (nyx5,6,7).<\/p>\n<h3>Filesystems<\/h3>\n<p>It is possible to transfer files to\/from your <em>home<\/em>, <em>scratch<\/em> or additional <em>research data storage<\/em> <a href=\"\/icsf\/getting-started-on-icsf\/filesystems\/\">filesystems<\/a>. If you have large files to transfer (100GB files or more) please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/rds\/the-rds-ssh-service\/\">RDS-SSH service<\/a> for an alternative that will reduce the strain on the iCSF nodes.<\/p>\n<h3>On Campus<\/h3>\n<p>When on campus, files can be transferred to the iCSF uing a wired office \/ cluster PC or when on the Eduroam \/ UoM WiFI network. If you are signed in to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/cybersecurity\/programme\/2step\/gpvpn\/\">GlobalProtect VPN<\/a> (e.g., to read your email) then this will also work.<\/p>\n<h3>Off Campus<\/h3>\n<p>When off-campus you should run the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/cybersecurity\/programme\/2step\/gpvpn\/\">GlobalProtect VPN<\/a> software on your PC\/laptop to appear on-campus. You will then be able to transfer files to the iCSF. <\/p>\n<p>Please note: Research IT cannot provide support for the GlobalProtect VPN. Please contact the main <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/help\/\">IT Services Helpdesk<\/a> for assistance.<\/p>\n<h2>File Transfer Apps<\/h2>\n<p>For further information on various file-transfer applications, please see the CSF3 documentation. It is relevant to the iCSF &#8211; simply change the address in that documentation from <code>csf3.itservices.manchester.ac.uk<\/code> to <code>incline2000.itservices.manchester.ac.uk<\/code>. The CSF documentation has instructions for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/csf3\/filesystems\/file-transfer\/windows\/\">MobaXterm<\/a> and <a href=\"\/csf3\/filesystems\/file-transfer\/windows\/\">WinSCP<\/a> on Windows<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/csf3\/filesystems\/file-transfer\/filesystems-file-transfer-filezilla-tool\/\">FileZilla<\/a> on all platforms<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/csf3\/filesystems\/file-transfer\/linux-mac\/\">command-line tools<\/a> on Linux and Mac.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>CyberDuck<\/h3>\n<p>Here we provide some specific advice for CyberDuck users. <\/p>\n<p>Due to the way logins are handled by the iCSF, we recommend that you <em>turn off<\/em> multiple connections and file segmentation in CyberDuck, using the <code>Edit &gt; Preferences &gt; Transfers<\/code> dialog window:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-preferences-transfers-win-red.png\" alt=\"CyberDuck Transfer Preferences\" width=\"700\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-preferences-transfers-win-red.png 859w, https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-preferences-transfers-win-red-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-preferences-transfers-win-red-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When setting up a new connection, please ensure you select the <code>SFTP<\/code> file transfer method when connecting to the iCSF:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-connection-win-red.png\" alt=\"CyberDuck connection window\" width=\"479\" height=\"327\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-connection-win-red.png 479w, https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-content\/uploads\/cyberduck-connection-win-red-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Other File Transfer Apps<\/h3>\n<p>If you have another file transfer program that you like to use, that we have not documented, you should still be able to use it using the following details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It must support <em>secure<\/em> file transfer using <em>SFTP \/ ssh<\/em>. FileZilla, for example, can do this.<\/li>\n<li>You should connect to <code>incline2000.itservices.manchester.ac.uk<\/code> on port <code>22<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Use your central IT username and password when asked to log in to the iCSF<\/li>\n<li>Check the settings \/ preferences for control of multiple connections &#8211; we recommend you turn <em>off<\/em> multiple connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We cannot provide support for all file-transfer programs but please see the examples in this section for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Files can be transferred between your PC\/laptop and the iCSF in a number of ways. GUI programs (such as WinSCP on Windows, CyberDuck on Windows and Mac, and FileZilla on all platforms) or command-line programs (such as rsync on Mac\/Linux) can be used. Note that for file-transfers, you do not transfer files first to the x2go desktop. The server which provide the x2go desktops are small and do not have any RDS storage. Instead,.. <a href=\"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/getting-started-on-icsf\/file-transfer\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":90,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1460","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1460"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1551,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1460\/revisions\/1551"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ri.itservices.manchester.ac.uk\/icsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}