SFTP Instructions

What is SFTP

SFTP storage is intended for sharing scientific datasets. SFTP is a protocol for the secure transfer of large files across the internet. For administrative documents, meeting notes, etc please use the HIRN Document Repository instead.

When to Use SFTP

Sometimes its not convenient to share larger files or datasets via email. Use the HIRN SFTP site to share these files with those in your consortium, or with those across all of HIRN.

Prerequisites

You will need two things to access the HIRN SFTP site.

1. A HIRN account. This is the same account given to you to access resources on hirnetwork.org. If you do not have an account or are unsure how to access your account, please click here :

2. A suitable SFTP client. We recommend FileZilla. You can download the FileZilla client here: https://filezilla-project.org. Please familiarize yourself with the FileZilla documentation if you are not familiar with this application.

Logging In and Transferring Files

Once you have an account, the hostname for the SFTP server is ftp.hirnetwork.org. If you have an account, you will already have a username and password in your possession. In the "Port" field enter 22.

Upon successfully logging in, you will be greeted with a list of folders - one for each consortium, and a shared folder. By default everyone will have read/write permissions in the shared folder and read/write permissions for the particular consortium(s) you belong to. As it's name implies, the shared folder is intended to share datasets across all FTP users. You will not have read or write permissions for folders belonging to consortia you are not a member of