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Uploading File from Linux or macOS to Lighthouse Instance via FTP

Last updated: 2022-05-12 12:24:13

    Overview

    This document describes how to use the FTP service to upload files from a local Linux or macOS computer to a Lighthouse instance.

    Prerequisites

    You have set up the FTP service in the Lighthouse instance.

    Directions

    Obtaining public IP

    Log in to the Lighthouse console and get the public IP of the target Lighthouse instance on the Instances page.

    Using FTP service on Linux

    1. Run the following command to install the FTP service.
    Note:
    If the FTP service has already been installed on the local Linux computer, skip this step.
    yum -y install ftp
    2. Run the following command to connect to the Lighthouse instance and enter the FTP service username and password as prompted.
    ftp Lighthouse instance IP address
    If the following interface appears, the connection has been established successfully.
    
    

    Uploading and downloading file

    Uploading file
    Downloading file
    Run the following command to upload a local file to the Lighthouse instance:
    put local-file [remote-file]
    For example, to upload the local `/home/1.txt` file to the Lighthouse instance, run the following command:
    put /home/1.txt 1.txt
    Run the following command to download a file from the Lighthouse instance to a local directory.
    get [remote-file] [local-file]
    For example, to download the `A.txt` file from the Lighthouse instance to the local `/home` directory, run the following command.
    get A.txt /home/A.txt

    Using FTP service on macOS

    1. Click
    
    in the bottom-left corner and select Go > Connect to Server on the menu bar in the top-right corner.
    2. In the Connect to Server window, enter ftp://Lighthouse instance IP address and click Connect as shown below:
    
    
    3. In the pop-up window, select Registered User, enter the FTP service username and password, and click Connect. If the following interface appears, the connection has been established successfully.
    
    

    Uploading and downloading file

    You can directly copy files to the FTP window in Finder to upload them. To download files from the Lighthouse instance to your computer, you only need to copy desired files from the instance to the attached local disk.
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