This functionality is available on all plans.

Stedi creates and hosts a fully-managed SFTP server, along with SFTP user credentials that you can provide to your trading partner. This is the easiest way to get started with the least amount of configuration, but in many cases, your trading partner may require you to use their SFTP server instead, especially if they are the larger party.

Stedi automatically ingests and processes any files that your trading partner adds to the SFTP server and automatically places outbound EDI files on the SFTP server for your trading partner to retrieve.

The Stedi SFTP connection type supports only username and password authentication. If your trading partner requires key-based authentication, you can use a remote FTP connection instead.

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Create FTP connections

To create a Stedi FTP connection:

  1. Select SFTP as the Connection type.
  2. Enter a Connection name.
  3. If required, provide a specific length for the autogenerated password.
  4. Specify an Inbound directory. This is the directory that your trading partner will use to send files to you. Any file placed in this directory will be automatically ingested and processed. The default directory is /inbound but you can specify a different directory if needed.
  5. Specify an Outbound directory. This is the directory that your trading partner will use to retrieve files from you. Outbound EDI files will be automatically deposited in this directory. The default directory is /outbound but you can specify a different directory if needed.
  6. By default, Delete inbound files on receipt is selected. Typically, partners want you to delete files after processing. If you want to keep the files, deselect this option.
  7. Click Create connection. Stedi shows the login credentials for the created SFTP user.

Important: The login credentials will only be displayed once and cannot be retrieved again for security reasons. We recommend immediately saving the login credentials in a secure location such as a password manager. If needed, you can always regenerate new credentials.

You can now associate this connection with one or more transaction settings and use it to exchange files with your trading partner.

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Regenerate credentials

To generate new login credentials for a Stedi FTP connection:

  1. Navigate to the Trading partners page.
  2. Click the partnership that contains the connection whose credentials you want to regenerate.
  3. Click the Edit button.
  4. Under the Username field, click Regenerate credentials.

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