Introduction to transferring files through SFTP
Overview
This section describes options for transferring files to an Optimizely server. This data exchange is needed for various integrations of external systems with Optimizely Campaign
To upload or download files securely between your computer and the Optimizely server, you use Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), which protects data from third-party access during transmission.
To use SFTP, you install an SFTP program on your computer, then provide access data for the server and an authentication key. After establishing an encrypted connection, you can securely exchange files.
Security
File transfers are secured by a method called public key authentication for which you create a key pair consisting of a private key and a public key. You then share the public key with Optimizely, the private key is for your eyes only.
Important
Your private SFTP key is sensitive, security-relevant data and should be treated like an important Password! It must never be shared with anyone, not even Optimizely. Storing and handling the private key safely is your obligation as a customer.
The private SFTP key should be protected with a passphrase, which you can set when creating the key pair.
We recommend regularly creating a new key pair. Updating the key pair yearly or every other year is a reasonable frequency in most cases. After creating a new key pair, you must send the new public key to Optimizely.
Note
If you try to use a new key pair without sharing your new public key with Optimizely, your connection will no longer work.
Setup
These options are available: