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Connecting to Conoha VPS Using SFTP

A guide on how to connect to Conoha VPS using SFTP. Connecting to Conoha via FTP using WinSCP. I wanted to use FFFTP which I'm familiar with, but FFFTP only supports FTPS and doesn't support SFTP. Using the same SSH username (root) and password…

Shou Arisaka
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Oct 7, 2025

A guide on how to connect to Conoha VPS using SFTP.

Connecting to Conoha via FTP using WinSCP.

I wanted to use FFFTP which I’m familiar with, but FFFTP only supports FTPS and doesn’t support SFTP.

It’s wise to give up on using FFFTP for this task.

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The connection settings are simple:

Hostname: IP Address Username: root Password: [password]

That’s all you need to connect.

Just enter the same username (root) and password that you use for SSH connection.

WinSCP is a well-known and user-friendly FTP client.

Download WinSCP here:

WinSCP :: Official Site :: Download

Installing WinSCP is simple - just run the downloaded file.

Once you can connect via SFTP, uploading and downloading files becomes easy.

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