Using Coda to access server SSH/sFTP

Question

I have a VPS server and I lock down to only expose 3 ports 80, 443 and 22222 for ssh. So far I can connect to the server using Terminal (Mac) and Panic Transmit, but when I try to connect using Panic Coda the connection fail. What I am doing wrong?

I see Coda support sFTP and I can connect on Coda to the SSH, but not to the sFTP.

Ideas? Work around?

Thank you

Answer 1

As to what coda is actually doing, I can't say for sure.

Workaround could be to create an ssh tunnel and just use FTP, configure your FTP server or firewall to only allow loopback connections

Establish tunnel using something like:

ssh -o'Port 22222' -f user@server -L 3000:127.0.0.1:21 -N

Then point FTP at localhost, port 3000.

HOWTO: SSH Tunneling Made Easy