Welcome to the Treehouse Community
Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.
Looking to learn something new?
Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.
Start your free trial
Michele Limas
856 PointsHow do I find Port number when uploading to an SFTP?
On Beginning website - sharing a website - Stage 9; the assignment is to upload to website via SFTP. Nick, instructor, input 18375 as the port number. Why?
2 Answers
Benjamin Lim
17,880 PointsMichele,
For the computers to talk and transfer files via FTP or SFTP, the ports would need to be 'opened'. In the video, Nick entered '18375' as the port number that is 'opened' for him to connect to his web server and he uses SFTP to transfer his .html files etc to the web server and in most cases a shared web hosting host.
Here is a link for more details about ports http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(computer_networking)
Hope this helps!
Marko Koron
20,658 PointsHere, also read this post.