Upload and download files

You can download and upload files by using the WebUI or from the command line by using the scp Secure Copy command, or by using a utility such as SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) or an SFTP application like FileZilla.

Upload and download files by using the WebUI

Upload files

    Log into the Connect EZ 8 WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights.

  1. On the menu, click System. Under Administration, click File System.

    The File System page appears.

  2. Highlight the directory to which the file will be uploaded and click to open the directory.
  3. Click (upload).
  4. Browse to the location of the file on your local machine. Select the file and click Open to upload the file.

Download files

    Log into the Connect EZ 8 WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights.

  1. On the menu, click System. Under Administration, click File System.

    The File System page appears.

  2. Highlight the directory to which the file will be uploaded and click to open the directory.
  3. Highlight the appropriate file and click (download).

Upload and download files by using the Secure Copy command

Copy a file from a remote host to the Connect EZ 8 device

To copy a file from a remote host to the Connect EZ 8 device, use the scp command as follows:

> scp host hostname-or-ip user username remote remote-path local local-path to local

where:

For example:

To copy firmware from a remote host with an IP address of 192.168.4.1 to the /etc/config directory on the Connect EZ 8 device, issue the following command:

> scp host 192.168.4.1 user admin remote /home/admin/bin/Connect EZ 8-24.12.bin local /etc/config/scripts to local
admin@192.168.4.1's password: adminpwd 
Connect EZ 8-24.12.bin			100%	36MB	11.1MB/s	00:03
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Transfer a file from the Connect EZ 8 device to a remote host

To copy a file from the Connect EZ 8 device to a remote host, use the scp command as follows:

> scp host hostname-or-ip user username remote remote-path local local-path to remote

where:

For example:

To copy a support report from the Connect EZ 8 device to a remote host at the IP address of 192.168.4.1:

  1. Use the system support-report command to generate the report:
    > system support-report path /var/log/
Saving support report to /var/log/support-report-0040D0133536-24-01-12-12:10:00.bin
Support report saved.
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  2. Use the scp command to transfer the report to a remote host:
    > scp host 192.168.4.1 user admin remote /home/admin/temp/ local /var/log/support-report-00:40:D0:13:35:36-24-01-12-12:10:00.bin to remote
admin@192.168.4.1's password: adminpwd 
support-report-0040D0133536-24-01-12-12:10:00.bin
>

Upload and download files using SFTP

Transfer a file from a remote host to the Connect EZ 8 device

This example uploads firmware from a remote host to the Connect EZ 8 device with an IP address of 192.168.2.1, using the username ahmed:

$ sftp ahmed@192.168.2.1
Password:
Connected to 192.168.2.1
sftp> put Connect EZ 8-24.12
Uploading Connect EZ 8-24.12 to Connect EZ 8-24.12
Connect EZ 8-24.12                                                                      100%  24M  830.4KB/s   00:00
sftp> exit
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Transfer a file from the Connect EZ 8 device to a remote host

This example downloads a file named test.py from the Connect EZ device at the IP address of 192.168.2.1 with a username of ahmed to the local directory on the remote host:

$ sftp ahmed@192.168.2.1
Password:
Connected to 192.168.2.1
sftp> get test.py
Fetching test.py to test.py
test.py                                                                             100%  254    0.3KB/s   00:00
sftp> exit
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