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How to uplaod file from computer with console?

Posted September 19, 2016 38.3k views
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I want to upload a large file so I want to do so from the droplet’s console. The file is on my compouter. How do I do that?

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  • vijaykumarmaurya September 19, 2016
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    Hi,

    You can copy file on your droplet using below command, if you are using any Linux distro.

    1.Open terminal and run below command.

    rsync -avz source/file/path example@yourdriopletpublicIP:/home/example

    You can also use FileZilla to copy file from local system to server.

    Hope it will help you..

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ryanpq September 19, 2016

Running a command on your local computer to upload files to your server is pretty easy on macOS or Linux where you can use scp:

scp -r /path/to/my/files root@:0.0.0.0:/path/on/my/server

or rsync

rsync -avz /path/to/my/files root@:0.0.0.0:/path/on/my/server

While there are versions of rsync and scp/sftp available for windows they are not installed by default and getting started with a GUI client like Filezilla might be an easier way to go.

How To Use Filezilla to Transfer and Manage Files Securely on your VPS
by Pablo Carranza
This article will teach you how to use Filezilla to transfer and manage files securely on your VPS.
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greggdourgarian June 29, 2017

Hi…the answer by ryanpq helped me but has typos. There should be no colon after root@. Here is the correct syntax.
rsync -avz /path/to/my/files root@0.0.0.0:/path/on/my/server

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efiminzer September 19, 2016

Thank you both for your answers. I ended up transferring the file through FTP.

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cibelewatt December 5, 2018

This tutorial helped me a lot! As I already had Putty installed I use pageant to insert my passphrase. I t was very very easy! There goes the link:

[https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-filezilla-to-transfer-and-manage-files-securely-on-your-vps](http://)

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alexdo December 7, 2020

Hello, all

The web console is intended to access your droplet in a case of emergency in order to sort out the issue. I will highly recommend to use a ssh-client in order to access and manage your droplet.

You can also check our docs on How to Connect to Droplets with SSH:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/

There are two options at the bottom of the doc:
Connect with OpenSSH
and
Connect with PuTTY

As for the files upload you can simply upload them using sFTP with FileZilla or using rsync or scp in your ssh client.

You can find more information in the already provided article:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-filezilla-to-transfer-and-manage-files-securely-on-your-vps

Hope that this helps!
Regards,
Alex

How To Use Filezilla to Transfer and Manage Files Securely on your VPS
by Pablo Carranza
This article will teach you how to use Filezilla to transfer and manage files securely on your VPS.
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