Data transfer with FileZilla

FileZilla is an easy-to-use freely available ftp-style program to transfer files to and from your account on the clusters.

You can also put FileZilla with your private key on a USB stick to access your files from any internet-connected PC.

You can download FileZilla from the FileZilla project page.

Configuration of FileZilla to connect to a login node

Note

The UGent, VUB, and UAntwerpen users need to start Pageant first and load their private key to Pageant (more info in our “Using Pageant” page). The KU Leuven/UHasselt users do not necessarily require SSH key pairs.

1. Start FileZilla;

2. Open the Site Manager using the ‘File’ menu;

3. Create a new site by clicking the New Site button;

4. In the tab marked General, enter the following values (all other fields remain blank):

   KU Leuven/UHasselt

   • Host: login.hpc.kuleuven.be

   • Server Type: SFTP - SSH File Transer Protocol

   • Logon Type: Interactive

   • User: your own VSC user ID, starting as vsc3

     

   UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen

   • Host: fill in the hostname of the VSC login node of your home institution. You can find this information in the overview of available hardware on this site.

   • Server Type: SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol

   • Logon Type: Normal

   • User: your own VSC user ID, e.g., vsc98765;

     

5. Optionally, rename this setting to your liking by pressing the ‘Rename’ button;

6. Press ‘Connect’ and enter your passphrase when requested.

KU Leuven/UHasselt

As long as your SSH agent is running and keeping a valid SSH certificate, you stay connected via FileZilla and you do not require additional configuration.

UGent, VUB, UAntwerpen

Recent versions of FileZilla have a screen in the settings to manage private keys. The path to the private key must be provided in options (Edit Tab -> options -> connection -> SFTP):

After that you should be able to connect after being asked for passphrase. As an alternative you can choose to use putty pageant.