How to upload files in cPanel file manager
Website hosting is crucial part in today’s era, when managing website, you often need to upload files such as HTML pages, scripts to the server.
There are many ways to do this using cpanel and ftp to shh to that particular server or cpanel account.
Step 1: login to the cPanel account.
Step 2: Click on File Manager option.
Step 3: Go to your directory where you want to upload the data, click on upload link at the top File manager, it will open new tab to upload.
Step 4: Select the file option to upload the desired local file. Check the available box if you want to overwrite files that already exist in the upload directory. File will be uploaded.
You will see the prompt 100% completed.
Step5: click go back to return to file manager.
Step 6: Click the reload link to refresh the file manager. You should see the file listed in the file manager.
How to Upload file via FTP using FileZilla
FileZilla app is used to upload files from your computer to your server . The left side is the” Local Site,” and the right is the “Remote Site.” The “Local Site” is where your computer files are located, and the “Remote Site” is where the files are on the server.
Now we will see, the method to upload a file using FileZilla.
- Connect to your server with FileZilla.
- Navigate your files in the third window on the left underneath the “Local Site:” box where its says”Filename“.
- The window to the right of it is the “Remote Site” directory. Navigate to the folder where you want to upload the file/folder to in the “Filename” window underneath the “Remote Site” window.
- Drag the file you want to upload to the server from the “Local Site” to the “Remote Site“. The file will upload and you will see the file in the list of files in the directory where you dragged the file to.
Uploading Files Using SSH
For advanced users, SSH (Secure Shell) provides a way to upload files via the command line. This is useful for transferring large files or using automation scripts.
Connect to Your Server via SSH
- Open a terminal (Linux/macOS) or use an SSH client like PuTTY (Windows).
- Run the following command to connect to your server:ssh username@yourserver.com
- Enter your password when prompted.
Upload Files Using SCP or SFTP
To upload a file using SCP, run:
scp /path/to/local/file username@yourserver.com:/path/to/destination
To upload files using SFTP:
sftp username@yourserver.com put /path/to/local/file
Uploading Files Using a Code Editor (VS Code, Sublime Text, etc.)
Modern code editors allow you to edit and upload files directly to your server.
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