By configuring a product usage type, you can hide non-relevant configuration options from the web management console.

Human readable name for this server instance. It is recommended to keep it as short as possible.

Free text description for this server instance.

Password policy

Rules used to enforce minimum password security when setting users and administrators passwords.

Minimum strength for newly defined passwords.

Minimum length for newly defined passwords.

The number of unique new passwords that must be associated with a user account before an old password can be reused.
Set it to 0 to disable the password history policy.

Function used to hash the passwords of the internal SFTPPlus user and administrator accounts.

Linux and macOS advanced settings

Configuration for advanced usage of SFTPPlus on Linux and macOS.
Most installations should not require changing these values.

Umask octal value used when creating new files or folders.

OS user under which SFTPPlus process will switch its operation after start.
SFTPPlus can start as the root OS user and then switch to this separate OS use.
Leave empty to not switch to a dedicated OS user.

General information

Server restart is required: to apply latest configuration changes.

Instance identifier
Installation name:
Installation directory:
Working directory:
Operating system:
OS account for the main SFTPPlus process:
TLS/SSL library:
Python version:
Active umask is and latest configured value is
Create home folders for operating system accounts: {{process.status.can_create_local_home_folders | confirmation}}
Get location of home folders for operating system accounts: {{process.status.can_get_local_home_folders | confirmation}}
Can use operating system accounts: {{process.status.can_impersonate_local_accounts | confirmation}}
Global certificates and SSH keys

Certificates and SSH keys used by default for file transfers and servers that don't explicitly define their own certificates and keys.

PEM content or file path for the SSL certificate or the chain of certificates used by default for SSL/TLS services. This can also contain the associated private key.

PEM content or file path for the private SSL key associated to the SSL certificate(s) configured above. Can be left empty when the key is included with the SSL certificate(s).

Base64 content or file paths for the private SSH host keys used by default for SSH/SFTP/SCP services. One path per line.

Local variables (cluster operation)

Used to define node instance specific configuration options, when operating as part of a managed cluster.

Component Configuration option Value