Your First Connection to EFT Server

After you follow the procedures in Installing and Activating the Software, the next step is to log in to EFT Server via EFT Administrator and configure the client connections to EFT Server.

When you connect to EFT Server for the first time, you must configure it on the computer on which the GlobalSCAPE EFT Server service is installed. After you have created the local connection and enabled remote connections, you can connect to and administer EFT Server remotely.

To connect to EFT server for the first time

  1. Launch EFT Server by clicking the shortcut on the Start menu or desktop (cftpsai.exe). The EFT Server interface, EFT Administrator, opens and the New Administrator Connection wizard appears.

  2. Since you are configuring the local connection, leave This computer selected, and specify the label for the local connection. By default, the label is LocalHost. Since LocalHost is a very common label, it is a good idea to change the label to something that is easily identifiable in error logs, reports, and remote connections. For example, you could type: SA EFT Server.

  3. The Host address box is used for remote connections and is not editable for local connections.

  4. In the Port box, keep the default of 1100 or, for increased security, change this vendor default to another port that is not being used by another connection on the network. Remember this port number if you plan to configure a remote connection to this server.

  5. Click Next. The login page appears.

  6. In the Username and Password boxes, provide the administrator credentials that you created when you installed EFT Server, then click Connect. The Welcome page of the EFT Server Setup wizard appears.

  7. Click Next and follow the instructions in the wizard and in Server Setup Wizard to create your first EFT Server, or click Cancel to do it later.

After you create the Server in EFT Administrator, the Site Setup wizard appears for you to create your first Site, then the User Setup wizard appears to help you create users. (You can cancel the wizard after your Server or Site is created, if you do not have time to do it all in one sitting or if you want to read the help files before continuing.)

Related Topics

EFT Server Interface

Authentication Types Supported

Server Setup Wizard

Logging in to EFT Server

Connection Problems