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SFTP Access

Unique to Webslice Serverless when compared to many serverless platforms is that we provide direct SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) access to your running website’s filesystem. This is useful for managing your persistent storage, uploading small sites, editing files, viewing logs, or general debugging tasks.

SFTP users can be created and managed through the console by going to the SFTP Users section of the Webslice Console. These users have full read and write access, but can only be linked to one website.

SFTP access is particularly useful for:

  • Managing your /shared directory and persistent storage
  • Uploading small sites: Quick file transfers without setting up git
  • Editing files: Making quick changes or hotfixes directly
  • Viewing logs: Accessing application logs for debugging
  • General debugging: Inspecting the filesystem state

The Right Tool

While SFTP provides direct filesystem access, we recommend using git deploys or file deploys as your primary deployment method first. These methods provide a mixture of:

  • Access to the Webslice Console deployment tools
  • More reliable and safer deployments
  • Easier rollback capabilities
  • Advanced support via build and release scripts

We recommend using SFTP as a supplementary tool for debugging and quick edits rather than your main deployment strategy.