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Your system or department must have a logon id to the OIT SFTP server used by KFS in order to upload and download files. This SFTP server is named xfer.adcom.uci.edu for Production and xfer-test.adcom.uci.edu for Test. You can find your system or department and the xfer logon id on the page KFS Origin Code Mapping from FS Sub System ID. If your system or department is not found, you may make a request by sending an email to kfs-developers@uci.edu.
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- Run PuTTYgen
- Parameters SSH-2 RSA and number of bits 1024 should be sufficient, these are the default parameters.
- Click on the Generate button to create a public/private key pair and move your mouse as instructed in the blank area of the window.
- Edit the Key comment field by adding your xfer logon id at the beginning for example: kfsucop-rsa-key-20121120. This will helps us identify your key.
- If you plan to automate the file transfer do NOT enter a Key passphrase, otherwise you will be prompted for the passphrase every time you try to connect.
- Click on the Save the public key button. Save it in a secure area.
- Click on the Save the private key button. Save it in a secure area.
- IMPORTANT: Only if you will be connecting from a Solaris Unix server, you will need to convert your private key to OpenSSH. Do this through PuTTYgen by: Go to Conversions->Export OpenSSH and export your private key.
- From the display you will see the public key displayed in the Public key for pasting into OpenSSH. Copy the public key displayed into your clipboard by selecting it.
- Provide the public key to OIT via email (mpsevill@uci.edu, bccraft@uci.edu, mangrich@uci.edu) by pasting the public key in the body of the email. Let us know your xfer logon id and that this is the key to use for KFS upload and download files in XFER.
- Keep the private key in a safe place and do not share it.
- Below is an example of how it should look.
Using SFTP To Connect To xfer.adcom.uci.edu or xfer-test.adcom.uci.edu
This is how you would connect to XFER using WinSCP as your client. Your public key must have been installed by the XFER systems administrators to be able to connect.
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