Manage Remote Connections

Connection Name: Arbitrary name for the new connection.
Connection Type: FTP or SFTP.

In this panel you create a new FTP/SFTP connection or reconfigure an existing remote connection.

Name: The arbitrary name of the connection. Set the name in the Create New Connection panel.
Host name: The root name of your (S)FTP host, such as http://x10hosting.com.
User name: Your user name on the (S)FTP host.
Password: Your password on the (S)FTP host. Leave this field blank and the IDE will prompt you for your password.
Private Key file: (SFTP only) The file with the private key for your SFTP client. You do not need to use public/private key for SFTP--you can use username/password--but it is better practice to use key pair authentication.
Known Hosts file: (SFTP only) File that stores host names and public keys. If you do not have a known_hosts file, the public key must be resent every time a connection is re-established.
Initial directory: The root directory on your host for all of your projects. By default it is only a slash, meaning that your host name + user name is your root directory.
Timeout (s): Time in which the client waits for a server response before timing out the connection. Timeout is in seconds.
Passive mode: (FTP only) Tick this for the IDE to communicate with the server in passive mode. See
Add... Click to add a remote connection. The Create New Connection panel opens.
Remove. Click to remove the selected connection.
Test connection. Click to send a test message to the selected connection. The results appear directly in the Manage Remote Connections panel.

This panel opens when you click the Add... button in the Manage Remote Connections panel.