Connect with SFTP Connector

The Birst SFTP Connector lets you use the SSH File Transfer Protocol, known as Secure FTP, to access files on remote file systems.

The SFTP Connector supports non-public SFTP server connectivity. A public key and algorithm type are required for connecting to a non-public SFTP server.

Review the following before using SFTP Connector:

• Use the Birst SFTP Connector to extract data from these types of files:
  • Comma delimited .csv
  • Tab delimited .txt
  • Microsoft Excel .xls or .xlsx, single or multiple worksheets
  • ZIP (.zip or .zip64) file with a set of source files in one of the above supported formats. The supported ZIP compression methods are store (no compression) and deflate.
• Authentication requires a password and optionally a public key. RSA private key authentication is also supported, in OpenSSH (PKCS#1) format.