Self-host SFTPGo

A file transfer server that exposes local disk, S3-compatible, Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob storage over SFTP, FTP/S, WebDAV and HTTP, with a web admin for users and a web client for uploads and share links. The Community Edition is AGPL-3.0; a commercial Enterprise Edition adds features such as antivirus scanning and in-browser document editing.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 256 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install

Run these commands on your server:

copy# SFTPGo — web admin on 8080, SFTP on 2022
docker run -d --name sftpgo --restart unless-stopped \
  -p 8080:8080 -p 2022:2022 \
  -v sftpgo-data:/srv/sftpgo -v sftpgo-home:/var/lib/sftpgo \
  drakkan/sftpgo:v2
# open http://SERVER_IP:8080/web/admin, create the first admin, then add SFTP users

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