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Show HN: Cloud SFTP Server – SFTP Direct to Dropbox, Azure, AWS, Box etc.

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This is an intriguing product just for the novelty, but I'm not completely getting what itch it is trying to scratch?

Is it just to simplify connection to these various endpoints through a single "API" making switching backend providers "easier"? Or am I missing something?

If I am building my product on top of AWS or DropBox, or Box, or any of these, why would I not go straight to the vendor?

It’s more catered towards those who use traditional means and who have external users who need to upload or download files with more granularity.

It was originally designed for those who use Linux infrastructure and wanted to get their files to the cloud without needing to use jump boxes or provision their own server. It uses the native applications too so there is no need to install software.

But yes, it also acts like a secure backup service where you are not restricted to a single endpoint and you can control your data.

Also this offers more security such as limiting uploads from specific source IPs, permissions and ties in nicely for those who script (as there is also a SCP solution).

In the end, there was some interest so figured I’d share it here around the SFTP side and have some feedback.

Completely unrelaed to the product but my brains registered the page as "cloud flare error page". I was the back button, but something felt off, and only by looking a second time, did I understand I really was on the correct page.

I'm interested in this as a convenient way to access some of my cloud storage providers, but I can't consider it responsible to use this until it supports OTP two-factor.

This is just one single feature of the StorageMadeEasy.com solution and commercial pricing seems equivalent but many more cloud storage's are available.

Am I reading this right, the free plan only supports 10 transactions a month? Meaing 10 total connections?

Potentially. I guess it depends on what you determine as a connection.

But it’s basically an SFTP session. So you can upload and download as much as you would like from a single session/transaction.

Blurb from the website: “A transaction is defined by a session. So for example if you were to initiate an SFTP connect to an S3 bucket and uploaded five files and downloaded three files, then this would still be deemed 'one transaction'. However, if you initiated an SFTP session and uploaded one file, then closed the session and then started another session and downloaded another file, this would be 2 sessions.”

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