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Using SFTP in GoCoEdit on a mobile device

Using SFTP in GoCoEdit on a mobile device - FTP Tutorial

From the course: Learning SFTP

Using SFTP in GoCoEdit on a mobile device

- [Narrator] We can also use SFTP editors on mobile devices. An example of this on iOS is GoCoEdit, which is a paid app. I find this app useful for editing files on cloud servers on the go. I've opened GoCoEdit here on my iPad. And let's configure our lab server as a remote, so we can edit files stored on it. Here in the top left of the display, I'll tap the icon with the three horizontal lines, and then I'll switch to the tab labeled Remote. To add a remote server, I'll tap Manage Remotes and then I'll tap the plus button. From the list, I'll choose SFTPSSH. Then I'm prompted to add information about my server, so I'll do that. The first area is a nickname I can use to refer to the server. I'll call this one Local Server. I'll provide my server's address, my username, and, in this case, my password. Or I could provide a private key if I was using keys for access. I can also set some other options down here. When I'm done, I'll press Save. And here on the left, I can see my local…

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