Filezilla/C2/Introduction-to-Filezilla/English

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Title: Introduction to FileZilla

Author: Praveen S

Keywords: FileZilla, FTP, File transfer, remote machine, local machine, transfer to specific location

Visual Cue
Narration
Slide 1:

Introduction

Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Introduction to FileZilla.
Slide 2:

Learning Objectives

In this tutorial we will learn:
  • AboutFileZilla
  • Features of FileZilla
  • How to install FileZilla
  • The FileZilla Interface
  • To upload and download files using FileZilla
Slide 3:

What is FileZilla?

What is FileZilla?
  • It is a Free and Open Source Software
  • Is used to share files & folders over the network
  • Is easy to use
  • Works on all operating systems
Slide 4:

Features

Features of FileZilla.
  • Supports FTP, FTP over FTPs, SSH and IPv6
  • Supports drag and drop for easy file transfer
  • Has filename filters - users can filter specific files that fulfill the conditions they want
  • Directory comparison to compare local and remote directories
  • Supports Bookmarks
Slide 5:

System Requirements

To record this tutorial, I'm using
  • Ubuntu Linux OS – 14.04
  • FileZilla – 3.10.2
  • And a working Internet connection
Slide 6:

Pre-requisite

To practice this tutorial, you should have working knowledge of any one operating system.

To learn about Linux OS, please watch the Linux spoken tutorials on this website.

Slide 7a:

Installation on Linux OS

FileZilla can be installed by using any one of the following methods on Ubuntu Linux OS.
  • Go to Ubuntu Software Centre or Synaptic Package manager, search for FileZilla and install
  • Or in the Terminal, type “sudo apt-get install FileZilla” and press Enter
Slide 7b:

Installation on any OS

Another method to install FileZilla on any OS, is to go to

https://filezilla-project.org

Download the FileZilla Client for the particular OS.

Slide 7c:

Installation on Windows OS

On Windows OS, double-click on the downloaded setup file and install.
I have already done the installation on my Linux machine.
Let us open FileZilla.
Point to Dash Home In Ubuntu Linux, at the top left corner of your Desktop, click on Dash Home.
Search box >> type FileZilla In the Search box, type FileZilla.
Click on FileZilla icon You can see the FileZilla icon.

Click on it to open.

SLIDE In Windows, click on the Start Menu and search for FileZilla.

In the list, click on FileZilla to open it.


Alternately, if you have FileZilla shortcut icon on the Desktop, then just double-click on it.

Point to FileZilla This is how the FileZilla interface looks like.
Point one by one as per narration It contains-
  1. The Menu bar at the top
  2. Shortcut icons bar for commonly used menu items
  3. Quick Connect Bar
  4. Details pane
  5. Local Site pane
  6. Remote Site pane
  7. Status Pane
Point to Quick Connect bar fields one by one as per narration The Quick Connect bar has the fields for
  • Host – Where we will enter the host details of the remote location IP or site address.
  • Username – Where we have to provide the username of the host
  • Password – Password field for the host user
  • Port - Protocol type for communication
  • Quick Connect button – To connect to the remote location.
  • A drop Down – which lists the previously connected locations
Point to Details pane Details pane has connectivity, technical details and the commands executed on the remote machine.
Point to Local Site pane Local Site pane displays the file structure of our system.
Point to Remote Site pane Remote Site pane displays the file structure of the connected remote system.
Point to both Local & Remote Site Pane These two will help us to browse and locate the files and folders.
Point to Status pane

Point to the 3 tabs one by one as per narration

The Status Pane displays the file transfer status.

It has 3 tabs:

  • Queued files – shows the list of files which are in queue for transfer.
  • Failed Transfer – displays the list of files which failed to transfer.
  • Successful Transfer – displays the files which have been successfully transferred.
Next we will see how to connect to a remote system and transfer a file to it.
Type the remote machine's IP address. In the Host box, I will type the remote machine's IP address.

You can give the IP address of the machine which you have access to.

Enter username & password Then enter the username & password for that remote machine.
Type port as 22 Type the port as 22.
Click on Quick Connect. And click on Quick Connect.
Point to message You will get a message - Unknown host key.
Click on checkbox Click on the checkbox: Always trust this host, add this key to the cacheand click on the Ok button
Point to the success message A success message appears in the Details pane.

This confirms that the remote machine & your machine is connected to the network.


If the machines did not connect, then a connection failed message would appear.

Now let us transfer a file from our machine to the remote machine.
Browse the file in Local Site pane.

Desktop >> sample.pdf

To do so, first browse the file which you want to transfer in the Local Site pane.

I will go to the folder Desktop on my machine and select the file sample.pdf.

Right-click >> select Upload. Next right-click on the file and select Upload.
Point to Status pane In the Status pane, you can see the file transfer status.


Depending upon your network speed, this may take some time.

Point to the Queued files tab. Once the transfer is complete, the progress bar will disappear from the Queued files tab.
Click on Successful transfer tab. Click on Successful transfer tab.

Here is our entry.

Point to Status pane The Status pane shows that the file is transferred.
Let us check which location the file is transferred to.
Point to Remote Site pane. By default, the files will transfer to the location which is opened in the Remote Site pane.
Point to sample.pdf Here is our file sample.pdf
Click on Refresh button. If it is not displayed, go to the Shortcut icons bar and click on the Refresh button.
Next we will learn how to upload our files or folder into a specific location.
Remote Site pane >> folder Desktop In the Remote Site pane, I will browse for the folder Desktop.
Desktop folder >> right-click >> select Create directory. Then inside the Desktop folder, right-click and select Create directory.
A window opens up.
Type SpokenTutorial >> click on Ok I will name the directory as SpokenTutorial and click on the Ok button.
Point to SpokenTutorial folder. On the Desktop, you can see the SpokenTutorial folder has been created.
Next let’s upload some file into it.
Point to intro.ogv On my Desktop, I have a file called intro.ogv.

We will upload this file.

Click on intro.ogv >> Drag and drop into SpokenTutorial in Remote Site pane. Click on the file.

Drag and drop it into the folder SpokenTutorial in the Remote Site pane.

We can upload files or folders by
  • drag and drop method
  • or by right-clicking and then selecting Upload.
Point to intro.ogv Notice here - the file intro.ogv is uploaded in the SpokenTutorial folder.

<<PAUSE>>

Now let’s learn to download a file or folder from the remote machine.
Drag and drop from Remote Site pane to local machine. To do so, drag and drop the file from the Remote pane to the local machine.
Alternately, right-click and select Download.
Point to the folder SpokenTutorial Now the folder SpokenTutorial has been downloaded from the remote machine to our local machine.
Likewise, you can upload or download files from your machine to any remote machine easily.
This brings us to the end of this tutorial.

Let us summarize

Slide 8:

Summary

In this tutorial, we learnt about -
  • About FileZilla
  • Features of FileZilla
  • How to install FileZilla
  • The FileZilla interface
  • To upload and download files using FileZilla
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Slide 12:

Acknowledgement

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Slide 13:

Thanks

This script has been contributed by Praveen.

And this is Sakina Sidhwa from IIT Bombay, signing off.

Thanks for watching.

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