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# SFTP Storage

> This page contains the information to ingest your data from an SFTP server.

## Prerequisites

* SFTP server URL, Username and Password

* Directory path to start the data ingestion from

For more information, please refer to [SFTP documentation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_File_Transfer_Protocol).

## Step-by-Step Guide

![Source Connector SFTP](https://mintlify.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/unstructured-53-kapa-ai/img/platform/Source-SFTP.png)

1. **Access the Create Source Page**. Navigate to the “Sources” section on the left sidebar and click the “New Source” button.

2. **Select Source Type**. Select **SFTP Storage** from the `Type` dropdown menu.

3. **Configure Source Details to connect to SFTP**

<Note>
  * `Name` (*required*): Enter a unique name for the SFTP source connector.

  * `Remote URL` (*required*): Specify the SFTP server URL with the full path (e.g., sftp\://host:port/path/).

  * `SFTP username`: Input the username for logging into the SFTP server.

  * `Password` (*required*): Enter the password associated with the SFTP username.
</Note>

4. **Additional Settings**

<Note>
  * Check `Uncompress` if the files to be ingested are compressed and require decompression.

  * Check `Recursive` if you want the platform to recursively ingest files from subdirectories.
</Note>

5. **Submit**. After filling in the necessary information, click ‘Submit’ to create the Source Connector. The newly completed SFTP connector will be listed on the Sources dashboard.