You are then prompted for a Duo two-factor authentication method.When a connection to this server is initiated, you are prompted for the password of the administrative service account specified in the Site Manager configuration above.Select “Connect” to connect to the server immediately, or “OK” to save the connection for later.Set “Maximum number of connections” to 1. On the “Transfer Settings” tab, CHECK the box for “Limit number of simultaneous connections”.

When “Default remote directory” is left blank, your administrative service account Linux home directory will be used. If desired, specify a “Default remote directory” on the server to start in when connecting to this server. On the “Advanced” tab, specify a “Default local directory” on your PC to start in when connecting to this server.

User: your administrative service account name, obscured in this example.Host: the destination server hostname, in this example “”.Protocol: “SFTP – SSH File Transfer Protocol”.

On the “General” tab, specify the following:

Name the new site, in this example, “” is named for the server hostname.

From the “Site Manager”, create a new site.

Launch FileZilla and select “Open the Site Manager.”.

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