Create New Project: Add Remote Server
The page opens if you have selected the Add new remote server option on the Create New Project: Specify Remote Server page. On this page, specify a new configuration of settings to connect and authenticate to a remote server.
Item | Description | Available for |
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Name | In this text box, type the name of the new remote server configuration. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Access type | From this drop-down list, choose the way to access the server.
Use the Up and Down keyboard keys to scroll through the list of server configuration types.
The available options are:
| FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
FTP/SFTP/FTPS host | In this text box, specify the host name of the FTP/SFTP/FTPS server to download the files from. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Port | In this text box, specify the port to use. The default values are: | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
User name | In this text box, type your user name for authentication to the server. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Log in as anonymous | Select this check box to enable anonymous access to the server with your email address as password. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Auth type | From this drop-down list, select the client authentication method. The available options are:
| SFTP |
Password | In this text box, type your password for authentication to the server. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Private key file | In this text box, specify the location of your private key file. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Passphrase | In this text box, specify your authentication passphrase. | SFTP |
Save password | Select this check box to have PhpStorm remember the specified password. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Save passphrase | Select this check box to have PhpStorm remember the specified passphrase. | SFTP |
Test FTP/SFTP/FTPS connection | Click this button to check that the specified settings ensure successful connection via FTP/SFTP/FTPS. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Root path |
In this text box,
specify the server configuration root relative to your user home which was defined when you registered your account.
This folder will be the highest one in the folder structure accessible through the current server configuration.
Do one of the following:
| FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Autodetect | Click this button to have PhpStorm detect the user home folder settings on the FTP/SFTP/FTPS server and set up the root path according to them. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Explicit | Choose this option to have the explicit (active) security applied. Immediately after establishing connection, the FTP client on your machine sends a command to the server to establish secure control connection through the default FTP port. | FTPS |
Implicit | Choose this option to have the implicit (passive) security applied. In this case, security is provided automatically upon establishing connection to the server which appoints a separate port for secure connections. | FTPS |
Advanced options | Click this button to specify the following additional uploading settings in the Advanced Options dialog box that opens. The set of controls in the dialog box depends on the server access type, for details, see Advanced Options Dialog. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Web server root URL |
In this text box, specify the URL address of the Web server root folder.
Both the HTTP and the HTTPS protocols are supported.
To access a server through HTTPS, you need to acquire a certificate file To import a certificate in Oracle JRE:
| FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Open | Click this button to make sure that the specified server root URL address is accessible and points at the correct Web page. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP |
Don't check HTTP connection to server |
| FTP, FTPS, SFTP |