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user1467163
user1467163

Reputation: 169

Automate SSL FTP upload via PowerShell

I have searched and read a lot about downloading SSL FTP files in PowerShell... But how do I upload them? I have a filename I need to upload each day and I get errors that I am not logged in. I'm currently uploading to other FTP sites like this:

$Filename = "myfile.txt"
$FullPath = "\\server\share\$Filename"
$ftp = "ftp://user:[email protected]/$Filename"
$ftpWebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$ULuri= New-Object System.URI($ftp)
$ftpWebClient.UploadFile($ULuri, $FullPath)

Do I need to create a whole new block of code for the SSL FTP upload, or do I just need to make minor adjustments to this code?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 4

Views: 8000

Answers (2)

h0r41i0
h0r41i0

Reputation: 234

As you are already using the WebClient class from the .NET framework in your script, I suggest you create a derived version from WebClient that supports FTP over TLS, by embedding C# code in PowerShell:

$typeDefinition = @"
using System;
using System.Net;
public class FtpClient : WebClient
{
    protected override WebRequest GetWebRequest(Uri address)
    {
        FtpWebRequest ftpWebRequest = base.GetWebRequest(address) as FtpWebRequest;
        ftpWebRequest.EnableSsl = true;
        return ftpWebRequest;
    }
}
"@

Add-Type -TypeDefinition $typeDefinition
$ftpClient = New-Object FtpClient
$ftpClient.UploadFile("ftp://your-ftp-server/yourfile.name", "C:\YourLocalFile.name")

Upvotes: 6

Chris N
Chris N

Reputation: 7499

I use the WinSCP DLL to do this stuff. Check out some examples here: http://winscp.net/eng/docs/library#powershell

Here's some of my sample code.

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom("D:\WinSCP.dll") | Out-Null
$sessionOptions = New-Object WinSCP.SessionOptions
$sessionOptions.Protocol = [WinSCP.Protocol]::Sftp
$sessionOptions.HostName = "192.168.1.120"
$sessionOptions.UserName = "user"
$sessionOptions.Password = "pass"
$session = New-Object WinSCP.Session
$session.Open($sessionOptions)

#upload stuff here, check the link for detail on how, and use powershell to populate your file list!

$session.Dispose()

Upvotes: 8

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