vital cliff
Does anyone have a clear and updated guide for setting up FTPS via Powershell for the purpose of transferring large files (~100GB) between remote computers? I was going to try SFTP, but I read that it was slower than FTPS.
I found the link below, but it is old and a bit unclear in some areas. Thank you.
https://4sysops.com/archives/setting-up-a-secure-ftp-server-ftps-on-windows/
kindred grail
Windows haven't really changed in this type of configuration. IIS is pretty much what it has always been. So it being "old" shouldn't matter. So from the unclear parts you kinda need to share what you are struggling with. Rebuilding this guide entirely in Powershell might also be possible but it requires you to do the effort of doing that unless you find one already made.
dense burrow
I would also validate the assumption that FTPS is faster the SFTP. SFTP is by far more common than FTPS and is available by default through the builtin SSH server on Windows these days
SFTP is also more firewall friendly and honestly more client friendly than FTPS
vital cliff
Windows haven't really changed in this type of configuration. IIS is pretty much...
Rebuilding this guide entirely in Powershell might also be possible but it requires you to do the effort of doing that unless you find one already made.
You mean just Googling the Powershell equivalent of any GUI instructions? Should hopefully be pretty simple, I would think.
vital cliff
I would also validate the assumption that FTPS is faster the SFTP. SFTP is by fa...
Hmm, ok. Let me look for a SFTP guide then.
kindred grail
that and/or exploring the modules for IIS/Webadministration and finding the bits&bobs that does the same thing.
vital cliff
that and/or exploring the modules for IIS/Webadministration and finding the bits...
Set up SFTP
https://ipv6.rs/tutorial/Windows_11/OpenSSH_SFTP_server/
Set up Powershell to be SFTP client
https://community.spiceworks.com/t/how-to-set-up-sftp-using-powershell-tools/1013745
Does this look correct? I just want to ensure that I'm not missing anything as long as I follow these two links in order.
Sometimes, when I have to troubleshoot, it comes down simply to missed steps or following outdated guides that either omitted essential steps or assumed things from the reader.
kindred grail
Never done this configuration myself but it looks "fine" to me. Only done SFTP server on linux servers but posh-ssh is a good module afaik.
amber mortar
Never done this configuration myself but it looks "fine" to me. Only done SFTP s...
Windows also comes with scp and sftp clients nowadays.
vital cliff
Windows also comes with scp and sftp clients nowadays.
WRT a native Windows 11 SFTP client, I'm not sure which client you are referring to, because my search for "windows 11 built in sftp client" does not show a particular built-in Windows SFTP client.
For SCP though, I found this:
The link describes a Windows to Linux transfer, I think it would also work with Windows?
If yes, then it looks like I can simply use SCP to transfer files between remote computers. I'm curious how this compares with SFTP though regarding safety and speed of transfer.
Hmm, it also looks like I can use copy-item to achieve this as well:
$Session = New-PSSession -ComputerName "Server01" -Credential "Contoso\User01"
Copy-Item "D:\Folder001\test.log" -Destination "C:\Folder001_Copy\" -ToSession $Session
I'm curious how safe and fast this option is also.
dense burrow
The scp.exe is an SFTP client. It used to use the scp protocol but swapped over to using SFTP a few years back. The copy-item through a pssession is going to be very slow and I would recommend avoiding it where possible