SCP DigitalOcean command helps us transfer files easily. Find out more in this article. 

At Bobcares, we offer solutions for every query, big and small, as a part of our Server Management Services.

Let’s take a look at how our Support Team is ready to help customers with transferring files with the SCP DigitalOcean command.

How to use SCP DigitalOcean

Secure Copy Protocol or SCP is a tool that helps us transfer files to a remote host from a local host, vice-versa as well as between two remote hosts. It runs on CLI via the scp command. Moreover, it relies on SSH to transfer data. The SCP command also has several additional options that specify hosts, authentication parameters as well as ports.

According to our Support Engineers, the SCP protocol runs on port 22 by default.

$ scp [OPTIONS] [SOURCE] [DESTINATION]

In case we want to move several files on the DigitalOcean server, we can use scp command to get the job done. However, both the droplets have to be in the same region for the process to succeed.

1. To begin with, we have to enable the private network for the droplets.
2. Then, we have to enable eth1 for both the droplets.
3. Next, run the following command to copy files from the source server to the destinations server. For instance:

   scp -r /srv/users/serverpilot/apps/XXX/public/resources root@10.12.13.14:/srv/users/serverpilot/apps/XXX/public

   In this example, 10.12.13.14 is the private IP address of the destination server. We can identify this via the DigitalOcean admin area under settings, Alternatively, we can run ifconfig via SSH as well.

Furthermore, we can transfer files over SSH with the SCP DigitalOcean command as seen below:

scp -r /folder1/folder2//myfiles root@0.0.0.0:/path/on/remote/droplet

Remember to replace 0.0.0.0 with the droplet’s IP address. We also have to update the paths as per our requirements.

If we want to transfer files to a different port, we have to use the -P flag as seen below:

scp -P 2222 -r /folder1/folder2/myfiles root@0.0.0.0:/path/on/remote/droplet

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Conclusion

In a nutshell, our skilled Support Engineers at Bobcares took us through using SCP DigitalOcean to transfer files.