In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management over any reliable data stream. It was designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force as an extension of the Secure Shell protocol version 2.0 to provide secure file transfer capabilities. In this tutorial, you will learn how to deploy a linux ubuntu instance on AWS LIGHTSAIL , set a static public IP address and configure it for use as an SFTP server. You will also learn how to connect to the SFTP server using an SFTP client such as FILEZILLA and also how to upload and download files to the SFTP server using the SFTP client.