Cyberduck Help

Contributions to this help are welcome! This is a Wiki, you can edit the pages. If you have a feature request or bug to report you can issue a  new ticket.

Frequently Asked Questions

Howto

Opening Connections

FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Cloud Files, Google Docs, Google Storage & Amazon S3 protocols are supported. There are several options to open a connection depending on the workflow.

• FTP protocol support
• Amazon S3, Google Storage and Eucalyptus protocol support
• WebDAV protocol support
  Connect to any WebDAV compliant server using both HTTP and HTTP/SSL.
• SSH/SFTP protocol support
  Advanced configuration for SSH connections using public key authentication.
• Rackspace Cloud Files protocol support
• Windows Azure protocol support
• Google Docs protocol support
  Access all your documents and upload files of any type to use your Google Docs account for storage.

Browser

Browse remote files in a list or hierarchical outline view.

• Info Window
  Edit access permissions and configure CDN options
• QuickLook
  Preview files in the browser window
• Open Web URL
  Configuration steps to open HTTP URL of selected file.
• Create and expand ZIP/TAR Archives
• Send custom commands
  Send commands to a server not available in the graphical user interface.
• Activity
  The activity window shows a list of all pending background tasks.

Edit Files

Editing files on the server using an external editor.

Bookmarks

Create and edit bookmarks for your favourite servers.

• Spotlight support for bookmark files.

File Transfers

• General
• Download
• Upload
• Synchronize

Content Distribution (CDN)

• CloudFront
• Limelight

Preferences

• Settings available in the Preferences window.
• Growl notifications configuration.

Third-party user guides

Tutorials from hosting service providers with specific setup instructions.

•  ecenica.com - How to publish your iWeb site without using MobileMe
•  linode.com
•  mediatemple.net
•  STRATO.de