Setting Up Secure FTP User Accounts
This topic does not apply to Oracle Cloud at Customer.
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About the Predefined SFTP User Accounts
Oracle Cloud automatically creates the necessary SFTP user accounts for you. Each account has a first name, a last name, an email address, and a user name automatically generated by Oracle Cloud. You can’t change this information. Some cloud services do not use the Service SFTP account for any operations. For example, Oracle CRM Cloud Service does not use the Service SFTP account because it has a native file import and export process that works over HTTP.
To activate the SFTP user accounts, an identity domain administrator must sign in to Infrastructure Classic Console or Applications Console and configure the password for each SFTP user account.
The following table describes each SFTP user account and when you use it.
SFTP Account | When Account Is Created | When to Use |
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Identity Domain SFTP |
For every new identity domain established, Oracle Cloud creates one SFTP account for the domain. |
You use the Identity Domain SFTP user account only to retrieve the data that Oracle automatically archives when you terminate a paid subscription to an Oracle Cloud service. |
Service SFTP |
For every instance of a service activated in the identity domain, Oracle Cloud creates an SFTP account for the service. |
Use the Service SFTP account to perform data transfer operations for a selected Oracle Cloud service. For example, you use the Service SFTP account to import and export data for Oracle Database Cloud Service. For details about using the Service SFTP account, see the documentation specific to your service. |
HCM SFTP |
For every instance of an Oracle HCM Cloud Service or an Oracle ERP Cloud Service in the identity domain, Oracle Cloud creates an HCM SFTP account. |
You use the HCM SFTP account to manage integration transactions. |
Viewing Details of SFTP User Accounts
In both the My Account application and the Infrastructure Classic Console or Applications Console, the service details page displays information about the SFTP user accounts.
The details include the SFTP host address, port number, and user name.
Configuring Passwords for SFTP User Accounts
Oracle Cloud automatically creates one Identity Domain SFTP user account per identity domain and one Service SFTP user account per service instance activated in the domain.
To activate the SFTP user accounts, an identity domain administrator must configure the password whenever a new identity domain is established or a new service instance is activated.
Only identity domain administrators can configure the password for the SFTP user accounts, and only for the SFTP user accounts in their designated identity domains.
Note:
When you configure the password for SFTP user accounts, the password is set. It isn’t temporary. The system doesn’t prompt the SFTP user to change the password on the next sign-in.
To configure the password for an SFTP user account: