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Academic Partnerships, LLC.

CONNECTING TO FTP.ACADEMICPARTNERSHIPS.COM
SFTP Instructions
Januy 1, 2012
Overview:

This document is an overview of acceptable clients and login procedures to transfer and receive files
from the Academic Partnerships SFTP server farm. If you experience issues or need access, please feel
free to contact us via email: helpdesk@higheredholdings.com
Our solution should work with any SFTP capable client. We have included some popular options along
with screenshots to help ease your setup/transition to the solution.
For technical details regarding the SFTP protocol and RFCs please see the following documents:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-secsh-scp-sftp-ssh-uri-03

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Supported Clients:

Command Line:
Linux: https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/442424-transfer-files-securely-with-sftp
Windows: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/commandline
GUI:
WinSCP Download: http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
WinSCP Help: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/start
FileZilla Download: http://filezilla-project.org/download.php
FileZIlla Help: http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Documentation

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Generating Public/Private Keys for Authentication:

Linux:
From a command shell type;
ssh-keygen -t rsa
You will be greeted with the following prompts:
Generating public/private rsa key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/home/user1/.ssh/id_rsa): Enter
passphrase (empty for no passphrase):

Enter same passphrase again:

Your identification has been saved in .ssh/id_rsa.

Your public key has been saved in .ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
c1:21:e 3:01:26:0d:f7:ec:52:0e:0c:90:9b:6e:d8:47 user1@server1.com
Send an email to our helpdesk in an email with the following subject:
OrganizationName New SFTP Credentials and attach the public key.

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Windows:
Download Puttygen from the following location:
http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/puttygen.exe
Run/Open puttygen
Select the Generate button
Follow on-screen instructions (move mouse around to generate randomness)
Once complete, enter a pass-phrase (this will be used when importing your key into your chosen client)
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Click: Save private key (also save to local machine)
Send an email to our helpdesk in an email with the following subject:
OrganizationName New SFTP Credentials and attach the public key.

WinSCP Setup Example:

Open WinSCP, and choose New and enter the following settings:
Host Name: ftp.academicpartnerships.com

Port Number: 22
User Name: Your user name (You will receive this prior to generating
your SSH keys).
Private Key File: Map to the proper private key you generated.
Protocol: SFTP

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Allow SCP Fallback: Checked
Example:

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