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Introduction

In ftpGrid, FTP accounts are essentially storage access accounts used with the supported transfer protocols:

  • FTP
  • FTPS
  • SFTP
  • SCP

Some protocol-specific limitations apply. For example, SCP does not support directory listing or certain file management operations, but this is a limitation of the protocol itself — not the ftpGrid account.

Using the Management API, you can:

  • Create FTP accounts
  • Update FTP accounts
  • Retrieve FTP account details
  • List FTP accounts
  • Delete FTP accounts

FTP accounts can be configured with:

  • username/password authentication
  • SSH public key authentication
  • read-only or read/write permissions
  • chroot isolation
  • expiration dates
  • protocol restrictions (depending on plan/features)

FTP accounts are commonly used for:

  • cameras and IoT devices
  • automated uploads
  • system integrations
  • temporary file exchange
  • customer-isolated storage environments