{"id":13356,"date":"2022-07-20T12:37:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cloudthat.com\/?p=13356"},"modified":"2024-06-25T10:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T10:56:58","slug":"easy-secure-file-transfer-aws-transfer-family","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudthat.com\/resources\/blog\/easy-and-secure-file-transfer-with-aws-transfer-family","title":{"rendered":"Easy and Secure File Transfer with AWS Transfer Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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TABLE OF CONTENT<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1. Overview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2. Introduction to AWS Transfer File Service<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3. Top Benefits of using the AWS Transfer Service<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4. Architectural Flow Diagram<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5. AWS Services Leveraged <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6. Top Features<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7. Conclusion<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8. About CloudThat <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9. FAQs<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Overview:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The file transfer service from multiple services plays a vital role in today’s information world. As more and more organizations are moving into the cloud, they will have many sub-systems with standard practices in place for safely transferring files.<\/span><\/p>\n

SFTP stands for Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) <\/strong>and is one of the most popular ways to transfer files.<\/span><\/p>\n

SFTP is popularly used by many to send files from one vendor to another, or different teams have been using SFTP to transfer files which is a standard in the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n

AWS has developed a seamless file transfer service that is easy to use. Let us have a look into it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Introduction to AWS Transfer File Service<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Let us take a typical on-premises example. Suppose you have multiple SFTP servers, and people who want to upload or download some files will use different types of clients like WinSCP, FileZilla, etc, and they will be able to connect to this SFTP server and can upload and download the files. Now maintaining these SFTP servers becomes another challenge altogether. You need to have admins worry about its OS updates, security, also how to keep data highly available. And if the organization is big, there will be another level of challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a solution to the whole SFTP issue, AWS came up with a managed service called AWS Transfer for SFTP. Now collectively, it is called AWS Transfer Family because it supports all three protocols of SFTP, FTPS, and FTP. SFTP is preferable because it is pretty secure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Top Benefits of using the AWS Transfer Service:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Data get stored in the S3 bucket or EFS, so it is reliable as multiple copies get maintained and secure<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. AWS Transfer Service has been completely managed, so there is no need to worry about managing any servers, updating the SFTP server’s operating system, or applying any patches.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Simple to use. Within a few clicks, this transfer service will be up and running<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. High availability<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. It is scalable<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. It is cost-effective<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Architectural Flow Diagram<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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    AWS Services Leveraged:<\/strong><\/h2>\n