Kelvin Education

How to Connect to Kelvin SFTP Site To Import Data

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Step One:  Get Your Data Ready & Request SFTP Credentials

1. To the best of your ability please make a copy of this template to use for a data spec.

2. Email [email protected] and request SFTP site and SFTP credentials.

Step Two:  Obtain Your Credentials

1.  A link to your unique credentials will be shared through a 1Password link provided to you by the Kelvin team.  

NOTE:  This link will be good for ONLY 14 days and can only be viewed by an individual point of contact.

2. Once you click on the link you will be ask to verify your email address.

Please reach out to [email protected] if you have any questions or issues using the password and username.

1.  Enter your email address.

2.  Select Send code.  NOTE:  A verification code will be sent to your email address.

1.  Enter the Verification code sent to your email address.

2.  Select View item.

1.   Your username and password will be displayed.  

2. Store/Save these in a safe place for use within the SFTP Tool.

Step Three:  Decide/Obtain SFTP Tool

1. Determine which SFTP Tool you will be using.  WHY?  You will need to use a third party SFTP tool (such as Cyberduck or Filezilla) in order to share your files with us.  

2.  Download the SFTP Tool of your choice.

Step Four:  Log Into the SFTP Tool and Share File(s)

Log into your SFTP tool using the credentials (username and password) you saved from Step Two.

CyberDuck
Step-by-Step

1.  Select Open Connection.

1. Use the dropdown to change the option to SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).  NOTE:  The fault is FTP.

2. Enter the following for Server:  sftp.kelvin.education

3. Enter 2022 for the Port.

4. Enter your Username that you obtained during Step Two.

5.  Enter the Password you obtained from Step Two.

6.  Select Connect.

If the the pop up, Unknown fingerprint, is displayed, select Allow and check the box next to Always.

1.  Select the file(s) that you would like to add to the SFTP by selecting, dragging and then dropping.

1.  Ensure the file has uploaded.

2. Select the red circle to close out the Transfer field.

Continue to drag and drop files.

FYI:  Your uploaded files will display now within Cyberduck.

FileZilla
Step-by-Step

1.  Ensure the Protocol is SFTP - SSH File Transfer Protocol.

2.  Enter the following in Host:  sftp.kelvin.education

3.  Enter 2022 for the Port.

4.  Enter your username.

5.  Select Connect.

1.  Drag the files you wish to share to the Folder on the Remote Site OR Right side.  NOTE:  They will display just like the example list that is showing below the folder.

Next Steps

Please update your help ticket after uploading the files and our team will work getting the data staged into Kelvin Pulse. 

We will review the file(s) and give you feedback if there are any issues with the files. Once we have imported your files, the next step is to review the data.

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