How to connect SFTP from Azure Websites

Bala R

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I have deployed my application as azure web app which that involves main activity have to connect to sftp and drop the file in respective folder.When i try to execute the same in development its working fine but not from azure web apps.

returns the error message as

"A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond"

Note: i use sftp client reference for sftp connection.

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Madan Shekar8y ago
step 1: login into your azure portal

step 2: in dashboard click on your app service

step 3 : click on Get publish profile , then automatically PublishSettings file download

step 4 download file zilla

step 5 : using credentials you can connect to server , then upload the files
Mohammad Sbeeh8y ago
Hi Bala,

Download Web App publish profile from azure App Dashboard
"WebApName.PublishSettings"

Open the file in notepad, and search for the username and password for FTP

then copy SFPT URL from azure App Dashboard

put the username, password and url in sftp client and connect.

Good luck.