SFTP

SFTP connections enable secure file transfer protocol integration for file operations, backup monitoring, and file-based health checks.

Used By

• Folder Health Check - Check file existence and age on SFTP servers
• File Scraper - Scrape configuration files from SFTP

Field	Description	Scheme
connection	The connection url to use, mutually exclusive with host and port	Connection
host	SFTP host	string
password		EnvVar
port	SFTP port	integer
username		EnvVar

Authentication Methods

Password Authentication

sftp-password.yaml
apiVersion: mission-control.flanksource.com/v1
kind: Connection
metadata:
  name: sftp-backups
spec:
  sftp:
    host:
      value: sftp.example.com
    port: 22
    username:
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: sftp-credentials
          key: username
    password:
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: sftp-credentials
          key: password
    path: /backups

SSH Key Authentication

sftp-ssh-key.yaml
apiVersion: mission-control.flanksource.com/v1
kind: Connection
metadata:
  name: sftp-ssh
spec:
  sftp:
    host:
      value: sftp.example.com
    port: 22
    username:
      value: backup-user
    certificate:
      valueFrom:
        secretKeyRef:
          name: sftp-ssh-key
          key: private-key
    path: /data