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SFTP with JetBrains IDE

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JetBrain's IDEs, like PyCharm, GoLand, and IntelliJ, allow browsing, copying, and editing files on a remote server using the SFTP protocol. You can integrate Teleport Server Access with your IDE, so you can copy files to and from a remote machine without using a third-party client.

This guide explains how to use Teleport and a JetBrains IDE to access files with SFTP.

Prerequisites

A running Teleport cluster. For details on how to set this up, see one of our Getting Started guides.
The tctl admin tool and tsh client tool version >= 12.1.1.
```
tctl version
Teleport v12.1.1 go1.19
tsh version
Teleport v12.1.1 go1.19
```
See Installation for details.

A running Teleport cluster. For details on how to set this up, see our Enterprise Getting Started guide.
The Enterprise tctl admin tool and tsh client tool version >= 12.1.1, which you can download by visiting the customer portal.
```
tctl version
Teleport Enterprise v12.1.1 go1.19
tsh version
Teleport v12.1.1 go1.19
```

Cloud is not available for Teleport v.
Please use the latest version of Teleport Enterprise documentation.

JetBrains IDE like PyCharm, IntelliJ, GoLand etc. See Products for a full list of JetBrains IDEs.
One or more Teleport Nodes with Server Access enabled. If you have not yet done this, read the Server Access Getting Started Guide to learn how.

Step 1/3. First-time setup

Configure your local SSH client to access Teleport Nodes, assigning the --proxy flag to the address of your Teleport Proxy Service (e.g., mytenant.teleport.sh for Teleport Cloud users).

log in to your proxy:
tsh login --proxy proxy.foo.example.com --user alice
generate the OpenSSH config for the proxy:
tsh config --proxy proxy.foo.example.com

Append the resulting configuration snippet into your SSH config file located in the path below:

$HOME/.ssh/config

%UserProfile%\.ssh\config

Warning

If using PowerShell on Windows to write your SSH config, note that normal shell redirection may write the file with the incorrect encoding. To ensure it's written properly, try the following:

tsh.exe config | out-file .ssh\config -encoding utf8 -append

You should be able to connect to the desired Node using the following command, replacing user with the username you would like to assume on the Node:

ssh [email protected][node name].[cluster name]

The SSH config you generated earlier instructs your SSH client to run tsh proxy ssh to access a Node in your Teleport cluster. However, running an ssh command against the Teleport Proxy Service at yourtenant.teleport.sh will result in an error.

Note

Teleport's certificates expire fairly quickly, after which SSH attempts will fail with an error like the following:

[email protected]: Permission denied (publickey).
ERROR: exit status 255

kex_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

When you see this error, re-run tsh login to refresh your local certificate.

Step 2/3. Configure your JetBrains IDE

After opening your IDE go to Tools -> Deployment -> Browse Remote Host.

Then click the plus sign in the top-left corner to add a new server.

Enter a name for your new server.

Click the three dots next to SSH configuration as in the picture above.

Create a new configuration by clicking the plus sign on the top left and providing:

Host - name of the Teleport Node.
Port - the Teleport Node's SSH port (3022 by default).
Username - the system username.

As an Authentication type pick OpenSSH config and authentication agent. Next, you can click Test Connection.

Step 3/3. Browse a remote host

After closing the SSH configuration window, you should see Remote Host menu in your IDE.

Next steps

Using OpenSSH clients

This guide makes use of tsh config; refer to the dedicated guide for additional information.

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