To allow the use of RSA / DSA key files with Filezilla, you'll need to download two more tools from PuTTY: Pageant and (assuming your key file isn't already in PPK format) PuTTYgen. Click File → Site Manager Click New Site and give it the name of your site Fill out the following items: Protocol: SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protoco For SFTP using SSH2, FileZilla utilizes the excellent PuTTY tools.
Install the software and open it afterwards. Assuming you want to use FileZilla, please visit and download FileZilla Client for your operating system. You will need to fill out the following information to connect via SFTP. With the Site Manager window open click the New Site button. Open FileZilla client Open Site Manger by clicking the top left icon in menu bar, or press Ctrl+S Click New Site button and gives a name to the new site connectio With FileZilla is open click the site manager button to create a new site connection. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. What is FileZilla? FileZilla is a free, open source FTP client that supports FTP, SFTP, FTPS.
