Hosted SFTP & FTP storage

What it is

Hosted storage gives you SFTP and FTP logins on PushFTP's server, with the files kept in cloud storage. Create a storage account, give the login to a partner, a scanner or an IP camera, and files land in your account. You manage them in the browser, over SFTP or FTP, or through the API.

It's the opposite of a connection: a connection lets PushFTP reach your own server; hosted storage is the server.

Create a storage account

Storage per plan

Storage is shared by all your storage accounts. When it's full, new uploads are refused; nothing is deleted. Replacing a file only counts the difference in size.

Connect

# SFTP from a terminal
sftp -P 2222 [email protected]

# FileZilla, Cyberduck, WinSCP
sftp://[email protected]:2222

# Upload with curl over FTP
curl -T report.csv --user username ftp://178.104.35.54/

• SFTP host key (ED25519): SHA256:NaIgW0G4lMbwReZgXWN9MpQIH/wBCwXQYOatswgd3xI. Check it the first time you connect.
• SSH keys: add an ssh-ed25519 or ssh-rsa public key on the storage account's page. Password login keeps working.
• FTP uses passive mode (data ports 10000–10100). Encrypted FTP (FTPS, explicit TLS) is supported; the certificate is issued to pushftp.com, so a client connecting by IP address may ask you to confirm it.
• After 10 failed password logins in 15 minutes, an IP address is blocked from logging in for up to 15 minutes.

IP cameras and scanners

Most cameras, NVRs and scanners can upload over FTP. Use these settings:

Give devices upload only access, so a leaked password can't download or delete anything, and turn on auto-delete so old snapshots don't fill your storage.

Access modes

The mode only applies to the SFTP/FTP login. You always keep full access in the browser and through the API. Changes apply from the next connection.

Auto-delete old files

On the storage account's page, set Delete files older than (days). Every hour, PushFTP deletes files in that account, in all folders, that were uploaded or last replaced longer ago than that. Folders stay. 0 keeps files forever.

Upload notifications

Get told about every new file, whether it arrived over SFTP, FTP, the browser or the API. On the storage account's page, add a webhook URL, tick Email me on every upload, or both. The webhook receives one POST per file:

{
  "event": "file.uploaded",
  "account": { "id": "Xk2f9…", "username": "acme-drop" },
  "file": {
    "filename": "invoice-0042.pdf",
    "path": "/incoming/invoice-0042.pdf",
    "size": 48213
  },
  "timestamp": "2026-10-20T09:15:00.000Z"
}

Each notification is sent once, without retries. Email is best for occasional drop-offs; for busy cameras use the webhook or nothing. To start a Zap when a file lands, paste a "Webhooks by Zapier" catch-hook URL here.

File manager

Open a storage account and click Browse Files. You can upload (drag files onto the page), create folders, rename, move (drag onto a folder), delete, download, preview images and text files, and play videos.

Share links

In the file manager, right-click a file and choose Share link. Anyone with the link can preview and download the file without a PushFTP account. Links expire after 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days or 30 days, or never, and can have a maximum number of downloads. Revoke a link at any time under Share links on the storage account's page.

Good to know

• Uploads can't be appended to or resumed over SFTP or FTP; resuming downloads works.
• A failed or cancelled upload never leaves a half-written file, and a file it would have replaced stays as it was.
• Disable account blocks its SFTP/FTP logins and its share links without deleting anything.
• Hosted storage uploads don't count toward your monthly transfers.

Use it from the API and Zapier

The Hosted Storage API lists accounts and files, uploads, downloads, deletes, creates folders, moves files and creates share links, with the same API key as the rest of the API:

curl "https://pushftp.com/api/hosted/files?accountId=ACCOUNT_ID&path=/incoming" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pftp_your_key"

To use a storage account in Zapier or with the connection-based endpoints, add a connection of type SFTP to 178.104.35.54, port 2222, with the storage account's username and password. It counts toward your plan's connections.