SFTPGo Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy SFTPGo hosting and give clients and teammates SFTP and browser access to their own files. xCloud runs the pinned SFTPGo v2.7.6 official image as a single container with an embedded SQLite database, creates the first admin with a generated password, mounts two persistent volumes and publishes the web admin, web client and REST API over HTTPS on your domain.

Deploy your SFTPGo

No terminal
No technical skills needed
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What is SFTPGo?

SFTPGo is an event-driven file transfer server. It offers SFTP, a web admin panel for managing users, folders and groups, a browser file manager for users and a REST API, and stores files on local disk by default with cloud storage backends configurable per user. This template deploys version v2.7.6.

On xCloud it runs as a single container with an embedded SQLite database. The web admin, web client and REST API share one HTTPS domain, while SFTP is published on its own TCP port on the server IP.

From Sign-Up to a Live SFTP Server In Just 3 Easy Steps

An SFTP server normally means a container, host keys, a database, storage, a domain and a certificate for the web side before the first user can connect. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick SFTPGo from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the admin password.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official SFTPGo image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with its embedded SQLite database, mount the sftpgo_state and sftpgo_files volumes, create the first admin with a generated password, publish the web side over HTTPS and publish SFTP on a separate public TCP port on the server IP.
Step 03
Create Your First SFTP User
Open your HTTPS SFTPGo URL, go to /web/admin and sign in as admin with the password from the protected installation credentials. Create your first SFTP user, then connect with sftp -P <SFTP port> <user>@<server IP> or sign in at /web/client.

Everything SFTPGo Does, On Your Own Server

SFTPGo runs in full here: an SFTP server, a web admin and a browser file manager on your own domain, with storage you own.

SFTP For Clients And Teammates
Create a separate user for each customer, vendor or teammate, each with their own home directory, and let them connect over SFTP on the published TCP port.
Web Admin Panel
Create users, folders and groups from /web/admin, signed in as the admin xCloud created at install.
Browser File Manager
Each SFTP user can also sign in at /web/client to manage files in a browser, without installing an SFTP client.
REST API On The Same Domain
The REST API is served from the same HTTPS domain as the web admin, so file and user management can be automated.
Local Disk Or Cloud Storage
Files are stored on local disk by default, and cloud storage backends can be configured per user.
Persistent State And Host Keys
Users, SSH host keys and uploaded files live on named volumes and survive an xCloud Restart.

Everything You Need To Run Your SFTP Server 24/7

Managed hosting for SFTPGo, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

SFTPGo v2.7.6 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With SFTPGo

Exchange files with clients
Give each customer their own user and home directory, so deliveries and uploads happen over SFTP or the browser instead of email attachments.
Receive files from vendors and partners
Let vendors drop files into a folder only they can reach, using a password or a public key.
Let non-technical users use a browser
Point users who do not run an SFTP client to /web/client, where they manage the same files from a web page.
Automate user and file management
Call the REST API on your own domain from scripts to create users or move files as part of a larger workflow.

SFTPGo Screenshots

SFTPGo web admin dashboard after signing in as admin

SFTPGo vs Alternatives

Dropbox: A hosted file-sharing service run by its vendor. SFTPGo keeps files on a server you control and speaks SFTP to clients that expect it.
A plain OpenSSH SFTP server: Gives SFTP through system accounts. SFTPGo adds a web admin, a browser file manager and a REST API on top of its own users.
Nextcloud: A file-sync and collaboration suite. SFTPGo is narrower: it focuses on file transfer. Nextcloud is also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.
Filebrowser Quantum: A web-based file manager. SFTPGo adds an SFTP server alongside its browser file manager. Also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for SFTPGo hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if SFTPGo sits alongside other file and web apps.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. SFTPGo itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own SFTP Server?

SFTPGo on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How do I sign in?

Open /web/admin on your domain and sign in with the username admin and the generated password shown in the protected installation credentials. No first-visitor setup form is exposed.

How do my users connect?

Over SFTP on the published TCP port, for example sftp -P <SFTP port> <user>@<server IP>, or through the browser at /web/client.

Do I need to open a port?

Yes. SFTP is published on a separate public TCP port on the server IP, and xCloud does not open it in your firewall. Allow that port in your own server firewall or cloud security group if clients connect from outside the server.

What runs alongside SFTPGo?

Nothing. It is a single container with an embedded SQLite database, so there is no separate database service.

Should I change the admin password?

Yes. Change it inside SFTPGo after the first sign-in; the generated value only seeds the first admin on the first start, and editing the environment value later does not change it. Use strong passwords or public keys for every user.

How large can an upload be?

Browser uploads are limited to about 1 GB through the proxy, and about 100 MB when the domain is behind Cloudflare. Use SFTP for large files.

What should I back up?

Both named volumes: sftpgo_state, which holds the database and SSH host keys, and sftpgo_files, which holds user files and backups. Keep the state volume so SFTP clients do not see a changed host key.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

Users, host keys and uploaded files. In QA the container was restarted and an uploaded file was downloaded again afterwards, because the data sits on persistent named volumes.

Does xCloud automatically back up or update SFTPGo?

No. The template pins SFTPGo v2.7.6 by immutable digest; new installations use the pinned release and existing sites are not automatically upgraded. Back up first, read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 64 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured idle use in QA was about 26 MiB. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, with real headroom above that baseline for many users and large transfers.

Is xCloud officially partnered with SFTPGo?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the SFTPGo project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source SFTPGo project, which is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.