SFTP

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After you sign in, the Unstructured user interface (UI) appears, which you use to create your source connector.

After you create the source connector, add it along with a destination connector to a workflow. Then run the worklow as a job. To learn how, try out the hands-on UI quickstart or watch the 4-minute video tutorial.

You can also create source connectors with the Unstructured API. Learn how.

If you need help, email Unstructured Support at [e-mail].

You are now ready to start creating a source connector! Keep reading to learn how.

Ingest your files into Unstructured from SFTP.

The requirements are as follows.

• The SFTP server hostname, port, username, and password.

  SFTP servers are offered by several vendors. For example, the following video shows how to create and set up an SFTP server by using AWS Transfer Family:

• The directory path to start accessing data from, specified as sftp://<path>/<to>/<directory>.

See also the how-to documentation for SFTP support in popular offerings such as:

• AWS Transfer Family
• Azure Blob Storage
• Couchdrop

To create the source connector:

1. On the sidebar, click Connectors.
2. Click Sources.
3. Cick New or Create Connector.
4. Give the connector some unique Name.
5. In the Provider area, click SFTP.
6. Click Continue.
7. Follow the on-screen instructions to fill in the fields as described later on this page.
8. Click Save and Test.

Fill in the following fields:

• Name (required): A unique name for this connector.
• Remote URL (required): The full SFTP server URL (for example, sftp://<hostname>/<path/to/directory>).
• Username (required): The username for logging in to the SFTP server.
• Port: The port number for the SFTP server. The default is 22 if not otherwise specified.
• Recursive (source connector only): Check this box to recursively access files from subdirectories. The default is unchecked (do not recursively access files from subdirectories).
• Password (required): The password associated with the username.