How To: Exclude File Types in Titan SFTP Server

How To: Exclude File Types in Titan SFTP Server


Question

Can I restrict certain file types from being uploaded to Titan SFTP Server?


Reasoning

To protect your server and data in Titan, you want to restrict potentially harmful file types from being allowed to be uploaded to Titan. 


Answer

You can configure which file extensions are not allowed to be uploaded into Titan. You can configure this by adding different file types, so Titan rejects them keeping your environment secure


Steps

  1. Navigate to the Files/Directories section and click on the Configuration tab.
  2. Add file extensions you want to exclude from being uploaded as seen in below example. Type the file extension and hit enter to add.


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  1. Click on Apply.



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