SFTPPlus Documentation
8.14. Using WebDAV¶
8.14.1. About this Guide¶
We created this Users Guide as the starting resource for those interested in using SFTPPlus for file transfers involving WebDAV over HTTPS.
For new users, the SFTPPlus client-side implementation now supports WebDAV over HTTPS. To get started, contact us to obtain the latest release of SFTPPlus, follow the getting started guide and read the client-shell documentation to gain an idea of the client-side implementation.
The product roadmap will include further support for more WebDAV features.
Please see the WebDAV operations page for the current features in detail.
If there is a particular scenario or guide that is not addressed here, please feel free to contact us.
8.14.2. Connecting via the client-shell¶
WebDAV over HTTPS is currently only available on the client-side implementation of SFTPPlus.
To connect to the Sharepoint server in the client-shell with your credentials.
$ client-shell webdavs://user@acme.onmicrosoft.com@acme.sharepoint.com -p ‘password’ > connect
After connecting, you are able to execute some of the commands available in the Command-Line Client-Shell page.
Please note that not all client-shell commands are supported in webdav.
8.14.2.1. Connecting with locations under proxy¶
A WebDAV resource location under a proxy is supported.
Add the proxy details either in the webdavs location’s configuration in the Local Manager or in the text configuration file:
[locations/b9787c72-2c8b-4725-a049-ee628aa0abc1]
name = webdavs
proxy = connect://localhost:8899
To ensure that the connection is not refused by the other side, the proxy configuration should match your network’s correct proxy configuration.
To connect in the client-shell, please append after your Sharepoint credentials:
--proxy=connect://address:port
8.14.2.2. Troubleshooting audit events¶
The SFTPPlus audit events will provide details in regards to WebDAV transfer failures.
In most cases, the details are brief as this is what is advertised by the remote server. To obtain more details, you will need to contact the team/person in charge of the remote team and ask for the server-side activity/logs.
As you can observe in the example below, only the error or status code is provided by the server, which shows the 409:CONFLICT status code:
| 60036 2017-05-29 17:45:07 Process Process 0.0.0.0:0 Failed to close
"/ACME/Documents/report.doc" on location "webdavs". Was opened for
writing. Failed to upload. (/ACME/Documents/report.doc) 409:CONFLICT
8.14.3. Example of a transfer configuration¶
To get you started using the SFTPPlus transfers functionality, we have included example transfer configurations using WebDAV as the location. The SFTPPlus Local Manager can be used to configure transfers, but there is a text configuration file available. The examples below can be added in the configuration file or modified in the Local Manager.
The example below will create a new webdavs location using the Sharepoint Online credentials at the specified Sharepoint Online address and port:
[locations/b9787c72-2c8b-4725-a049-ee628aa0abc1]
name = webdavs-acme-location
description = Location for the Sharepoint Online server.
type = webdavs
address = acme.sharepoint.com
port = 443
username = user@acme.onmicrosoft.com
password = password
authentication_method = sharepoint-online
connection_retry_count = 0
connection_retry_interval = 30
The example below will set up an automatic transfer to move files from a local disk as indicated by the source_path to a remote SharePoint online folder as indicated by the destination_path. This example references the previously created location UUID from the above example, called webdavs-acme-location:
[transfers/e16af067-8974-4c0d-ae89-eb5f3d59fd65]
enabled = yes
name = webdavs-move-non-recursive
recursive = No
source_uuid =
source_path = ./acme/webdav-transfers/shared
destination_uuid = webdavs-acme-location
destination_path = /acme-webdav/Shared/HR-Department
stable_interval = 0.5
changes_poll_interval = 5
For further details about the rest of the transfer configuration options available in SFTPPlus, please go to the dedicated Transfers page.