### SFTP Transport Configuration page (Business Services)

Use this page to configure transport settings for a proxy service using the sftp transport protocol. For more information about the SFTP transport, see the SFTP Transport User Guide.

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User Authentication | Select one of the following: Username Password Authentication - Specifies that a static service account is associated with this authentication method and the client is authenticated using the provided credentials. Host Based Authentication - Specifies that a user name and service key provider is required to use this authentication method. Any user connecting from a known host is authenticated using the private key of the host. Public Key Authentication - Specifies that a user name and service key provider is required to use this authentication method. Every user has their own private key.
Service Account | Enter the service account for the user, or click Browse to select service accounts from a browser.
Service Key Provider | This option is available only when Host Based or Public Key Authentication is selected. Enter a service key provider in the Service Key Provider field. You can click Browse to select service key providers from a browser. This is a required field.
Username | This option is available only when Host Based or Public Key Authentication is selected. Enter the user name.
Timeout | Enter the socket timeout interval, in seconds, before the connection is dropped. If you enter `0`, there is no timeout. The default value is 60.
Prefix for destination File Name | Enter the prefix for the file name under which the file is stored on the remote server.
Suffix for destination File Name | Enter the suffix for the file name under which the file is stored on the remote server.
Request Encoding | Accept the default `UTF-8` as the character set encoding for requests in SFTP transports.