Files & storage
Set up an SFTP / FTP server
Connect a folder tree on an SFTP or FTP(S) server — the classic file drop. Every file under the chosen path becomes a document, and later syncs re-read only files whose size or modification time changed. Read-only: nothing is ever written to the server.
- Have (or ask for) an account on the server that can READ the folders to ingest — password or, for SFTP, a private key.
- Documents → SFTP / FTP server: pick the protocol (SFTP is the usual one), enter host and username, and either the password or the pasted OpenSSH private key.
- Optionally set Folder to start below the login folder, and exclude patterns for what to leave out.
- Choose access groups, Test, then Sync.
SFTP and FTPS travel encrypted; plain FTP does not — keep it for servers on your own network. The server's identity is accepted on first contact rather than pinned, so point it only at servers you trust. Hidden files, temp files and OS litter are skipped, and very deep or very large trees are bounded (the sweep summary says so whenever a bound is hit).
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Last updated 29 Aug 2026