# SFTP SFTP is a common protocol for business-to-business file transfer integration, and ExaVault supports it as a first-class connection method. ## Connection Settings Two values configure an SFTP client to reach your ExaVault appliance: the hostname and the port. ### Hostname Connect with SFTP to the fully qualified domain name of your appliance. If your client requires an IP address for the connection, connect using the external IP address configured in the appliance manager. ### Port For SFTP connections, use port `22`. ## SCP (Secure Copy) Protocol ExaVault's SFTP server also supports the SCP protocol, another file transfer protocol built on top of SSH. In most interactions with ExaVault, SCP works the same as SFTP. ## SSH Restrictions Functionality is restricted to file transfer capabilities only: SFTP and SCP for moving files, and SSH keys for authentication. No other SSH services are provided. Shell access and SSH tunneling are not available. Security scans detect SSH availability as a "false positive" result, because SFTP and SCP are subsets of SSH functionality. No SSH capabilities beyond those required by SFTP and SCP are available on the ExaVault platform. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.exavault.com/connection-methods/sftp.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.