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In Password Depot, you can open and save databases on an Internet server. To do so, please open the Home screen, click on Add location storage and then on Internet Server (FTP / WebDav / HTTP). A new dialog window will open where you are able to edit the settings of the Internet Server: 

Name: Enter a custom name for the storage connection.

Service: Choose a service type. The following services are available to you:

  • Custom Server
  • GMX MediaCenter
  • WEB.DE Online-Speicher
  • MagentaCLOUD
  • freenet Cloud
  • Strato HiDrive
  • Yandex Disk
  • pCloud
  • wölkli
  • mailbox.org
  • Koofr
  • Nextcloud

Protocol: Select the file transfer protocol. 

Advanced...: Click here to access additional configuration options (only available for SFTP, FTPS, and FTPES). 

Address: Enter the domain or IP address of your remote server (e.g. ftp.example.com). 

Port: Specify the port used to connect to the server. If set to "Auto", the application will use the default port for the selected protocol.  

Path: Enter the directory path on the remote server where your files should be stored or retrieved. 

User name: Enter the user name used to log in to the server.

Passive: The terms "active" and "passive" refer to the server's behavior during data transmission with a client. In passive mode, the server is passive: the client initiates the data connection. In active mode, the server takes initiative and requests the client to specify which port to use for data transfer. However, if a firewall is active on the client that blocks incoming connections, it may interrupt this connection – thus also halting data transmission. Conclusion: If the client's firewall does not allow incoming connections, passive FTP should be used. 

NOTE: The "passive" option is only available and applicable when FTP is selected as the protocol. 

Password: Enter your password. You can click the eye icon to show or hide the entered text. 

NOTE: You can only upload new files to the cloud server if the internet protocol selected is FTP or SFTP – this is not possible with the HTTP or HTTPS protocols. To view and/or change this setting, navigate to the properties of the entry by right-clicking on it in the Home list.  

HINT: It is generally recommended to use the SFTP protocol, as it allows both read and write access and is more secure than the FTP protocol. However, if you only need read access to a file located on the Internet, the HTTP protocol is sufficient. 

If Internet Server entries have already been added to Password Depot, the following actions are available: 

  • Open: Opens a selected database. To do this, select the desired file in the view and click Open.
  • New database: Create a new database. A detailed description of this process can be found here. 
  • Delete database: Delete a selected database from the list.
  • Back: If you have changed directories in the file browser, you can use this button to jump back to the previous directory.
  • Forward: If you have previously navigated back one directory in the file browser, you can use this button to jump forward again.
  • Level up: Goes to the parent directory in the file browser.
  • Refresh: Refresh the database list view. 
  • Filter: Choose which file formats should be displayed in the storage location's list view. 
  • Search: Search for specific databases in the selected storage location. 

Additionally, storage locations can be edited, renamed, or deleted by selecting a location storage and right clicking on it:

  • Properties: Edit the properties of a storage location.

  • Rename: Rename a storage location.

  • Delete: Delete a storage location from the list.

Examples for entering an Internet server

EXAMPLE 1: You would like to store your passwords and access them via FTP in the directory privatestuff on your web server with the domain http://www.myserver.com. The complete path using a browser would thus be http://www.myserver.com/privatestuff/

First you create an FTP account for this directory in your provider's control panel and assign this FTP account the directory /privatestuff as the home directory. Any user who logs in to your server using this FTP account will only see this directory.

  • Protocol: FTP
  • Host: myserver.com
  • Path: /

EXAMPLE 2: You wish to store your passwords in the directory privatestuff on your web server with the domain http://www.myserver.com. The complete path using a browser would thus be http://www.myserver.com/privatestuff/

You do not want to create a new FTP account, but use your main account, which gives you access to all directories on the server. This means you have to specify the directory privatestuff as the path.

  • Protocol: FTP
  • Host: myserver.com
  • Path: /privatestuff

EXAMPLE 3: You would like to access a database, but only know its URL, not the FTP access data. The file is stored under the URL http://www.myserver.com/privatestuff/secret.pswe.

  • Protocol: HTTP
  • Host: www.myserver.com
  • Path: /privatestuff

NOTE: You will enter the file names when creating or opening databases. In the Manage Internet Servers dialog box, you only specify server information.