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= Downloading from an FTP server =
= Variscite's SFTP server credentials =
Server address: ftp.variscite.com
Username: customerv
Password: Variscite1
Port: 2222


Variscite uses an FTP server to deliver software releases and other files to customers. Recently, [https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/12/chrome-88-deps-rems Google Chrome], [https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/04/13/what-to-expect-for-the-upcoming-deprecation-of-ftp-in-firefox/ Firefox] and possibly other browsers have started to remove FTP support.
For example, using sftp client:


== Enabling FTP support in Google Chrome ==
$ sftp -P 2222 sftp://customerv@ftp.variscite.com/


Google Chrome disables FTP support by default. To enable it:
= Downloading from an SFTP server =


1. Open Chrome and enter the following in the address bar:
== Using a dedicated FTP client ==
chrome://flags/
2. Search for "Enable support for FTP URLs" and set it to "Enabled".


== Downloading FTP files using wget ==
=== Using FileZilla ===
There are many FTP client applications and you can use any of them.<br>
One of the most popular FTP clients is [https://filezilla-project.org/ FileZilla], which is also a graphical, multi-platform and open source software.<br>
To download it you can use the web link above, or in Ubuntu you can run the following:
$ sudo apt install filezilla
 
=== Using sftp ===
 
Connect to server:
$ sftp -P 2222 sftp://customerv@ftp.variscite.com/
 
Download a file:
sftp> get /Public/VAR-SOM-MX8/Hardware/Symphony-Board/Hardware_reference.txt
 
 
Download a directory:
sftp> get -r /Public/VAR-SOM-MX8/Hardware/Symphony-Board
 
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== Downloading files from an FTP server using wget ==


The easiest way to download files from an FTP server using the Linux command line is to use wget:
The easiest way to download files from an FTP server using the Linux command line is to use wget:
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  $ wget ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/VAR-SOM-MX8X/Software/b2qt/b2qt-dunfell-var-som-mx8x-v1.0.img.gz
  $ wget ftp://customerv:Variscite1@ftp.variscite.com/VAR-SOM-MX8X/Software/b2qt/b2qt-dunfell-var-som-mx8x-v1.0.img.gz
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Latest revision as of 21:20, 22 August 2024

FTP

Variscite's SFTP server credentials

Server address: ftp.variscite.com
Username: customerv
Password: Variscite1
Port: 2222

For example, using sftp client:

$ sftp -P 2222 sftp://customerv@ftp.variscite.com/

Downloading from an SFTP server

Using a dedicated FTP client

Using FileZilla

There are many FTP client applications and you can use any of them.
One of the most popular FTP clients is FileZilla, which is also a graphical, multi-platform and open source software.
To download it you can use the web link above, or in Ubuntu you can run the following:

$ sudo apt install filezilla

Using sftp

Connect to server:

$ sftp -P 2222 sftp://customerv@ftp.variscite.com/

Download a file:

sftp> get /Public/VAR-SOM-MX8/Hardware/Symphony-Board/Hardware_reference.txt


Download a directory:

sftp> get -r /Public/VAR-SOM-MX8/Hardware/Symphony-Board