How to connect droplets through Filezilla
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Heya @brandonprice,
I’ll recommend checking the following tutorials:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-filezilla-to-transfer-and-manage-files-securely-on-your-vps
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
DigitalOcean have the perfect tutorials detailing every step of the way.
Hello @brandonprice
To connect your Droplets to FileZilla, you need your Droplet’s IP address, username (often ‘root’), and your password or SSH key. Follow these steps:
We have a tutorial that covers the process which you can check here:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/transfer-files/
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-filezilla-to-transfer-and-manage-files-securely-on-your-vps
Hope that this helps!