SFTP & advanced

DogNAS speaks SFTP, an open protocol that dozens of programs already understand. That is why you are never locked into one app: your files can be opened from a phone, a laptop or a script.

These guides explain SFTP in plain words (what it is, why it is safe on a home network, what the port and credentials mean) and show how to connect from FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck and rclone, step by step.

They are for people who want more control than a phone app gives, such as mounting the server on a PC, syncing a folder on a schedule or backing up from the command line. No networking background is needed.