SFTP server on Azure

Deploy a SFTP server running as a container in an Azure Container Instance with Azure File Shares as the persistent storage

Note: This is a temporary proof of concept

Deployment Steps via Az CLI

az group create --name <resourcegroup> --location <location>
az group deployment create --resource-group <resourcegroup> --template-file <template.json>

Deployment results

• Template creates two users, with name and password provided as parameters
• Individual file shares will be created per user, which are bind mounted to container instance

Testing

• use a SFTP client like WinSCP
• use Container Instance's public IP as hostname
• use username/password for the 2 users to login and view/upload artifacts
• validate on azure file shares

Future roadmap

• Supply list of users in config file and map to /etc/sftp/users.conf
• Users should use more secure way to login in like SSH keys. Mount public keys in the user's .ssh/keys directory