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Occasionally, you must move files from one Cloud Platform environment to another; for example, from your Development environment to the Staging environment, or from Production to Staging. The Cloud Platform interface allows you to copy files from one environment to another, either all at once, or individually. To copy all files at once, you can use the Cloud API equivalent, or refer to Copying files between environments. If you need to copy only a single file, a single multisite set of files, or a database backup, you can use one of the following methods:

Transferring using your local environment

One option is to download the file to your local machine from one environment and then upload the file to the destination environment.

Only one ssh connection is used at any point, so this method may be the simplest to complete. Using your local environment for file transfer can add time, overhead, and increased network traffic to the process.

Transferring using SCP

You can use scp (Secure Copy) from a command prompt to transfer files using the SSH protocol. Newer versions of scp have an option (-3) to transfer files between two remote infrastructure. This still uses your network connection to tunnel the transfer (so you will still have the latency), but is helpful because it will transfer the file using only one command. If you need to transfer a single small file, this might be the best solution. The command usage will be similar to the following:

Transferring using your local environment

One option is to download the file to your local machine from one environment and then upload the file to the destination environment.

Transferring using SCP

Transferring using your local environment

One option is to download the file to your local machine from one environment and then upload the file to the destination environment.

Transferring using SCP

Run the following command to verify that the appropriate key is loaded into your local SSH Agent:
```
ssh-add -l
```
If the command does not return any identity, you must add the key with ssh-add to allow the agent forwarding.
Connect to your Staging environment by using SSH with the -A parameter to allow agent forwarding:
```
ssh -A [email protected]
```
Use rsync to copy the database backup from Production to Staging:
```
rsync [source server]:[backup path] [destination path]
```
For example:
```
rsync --progress [email protected]:prod/backups/prod-backup.sql.gz test/import/
```
This copies the file prod/backups/prod-backup.sql.gz on the infrastructure for the Production environment to the test/import directory of the current (Staging) infrastructure.
To copy a single multisite’s set of files, use the rsync command with the --recursive parameter in a command similar to the following:
```
rsync --progress --recursive [email protected]:prod/sites/othersite/files/ test/sites/othersite/files/
```

You can complete this all in one step by passing the entire rsync command as the arguments to the SSH command:

ssh -A [email protected] "rsync --progress --recursive [email protected]:prod/sites/othersite/files/ test/sites/othersite/files/"

Run the following command to verify that the appropriate key is loaded into your local SSH Agent:
```
ssh-add -l
```
If the command does not return any identity, you must add the key with ssh-add to allow the agent forwarding.
Connect to your Staging environment by using SSH with the -A parameter to allow agent forwarding:
```
ssh -A [email protected]
```
Use rsync to copy the database backup from Production to Staging:
```
rsync [source server]:[backup path] [destination path]
```
For example:
```
rsync --progress [email protected]:prod/backups/prod-backup.sql.gz test/import/
```
This copies the file prod/backups/prod-backup.sql.gz on the infrastructure for the Production environment to the test/import directory of the current (Staging) infrastructure.
To copy a single multisite’s set of files, use the rsync command with the --recursive parameter in a command similar to the following:
```
rsync --progress --recursive [email protected]:prod/sites/othersite/files/ test/sites/othersite/files/
```

You can complete this all in one step by passing the entire rsync command as the arguments to the SSH command:

ssh -A [email protected] "rsync --progress --recursive [email protected]:prod/sites/othersite/files/ test/sites/othersite/files/"

Transferring using your local environment

Transferring using SCP

Transferring using your local environment

Transferring using SCP

Transferring using your local environment

Transferring using SCP

Using agent forwarding and rsync

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Using agent forwarding and rsync

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Copying files to a different environment

Transferring using your local environment

Transferring using SCP

Copying files to a different environment

Transferring using your local environment

Transferring using SCP

Copying files to a different environment

Transferring using your local environment

Transferring using SCP

Using agent forwarding and rsync

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Using agent forwarding and rsync

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