This article describes how to publish a website from Visual Studio using FTPS. FTPS is a secure method of transferring files using the FTP protocol.
Before you can publish files using FTPS, you must know the correct login credentials. To obtain the credentials for your account, follow these steps:
To configure Visual Studio for FTPS publishing, follow these steps:
In the Server text box, type the protocol, server domain name, and port:
In the Site Path text box, type the file location where the site files should be stored. For the primary domain of an account, the path is /httpdocs but it could be any path that you have set up:
Select the Passive mode check box if it is not already selected:
In the Username text box, type the FTP username:
In the Password text box, type the password for the FTP user:
Optionally, select the Save password check box to save the password for future publishing:
Optionally, in the Destination URL text box, type the URL for the uploaded site:
The FTPS upload begins immediately, and you can view progress in the Output panel.
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