How to access SFTP
There are a number of command line tools that can be used to access Partner SFTP. The supported tools are ‘sftp’ and ‘lftp’ both of which are part of the core RHEL distribution in all currently supported major releases.
$ sftp -i private_key.key username@sftp.connect.redhat.com
An unsupported tool you may have success with is ‘rclone’. While ‘rclone’ is available in EPEL the version provided by the upstream maintainers is updated more frequently. Please refer to the rclone website for guidance on configuration.
Accessing Partner SFTP via hostname
sftp.connect.redhat.com
Accessing Partner SFTP via IPA
There are circumstances where IT security at a partner requires requesting permission for network access to endpoints that are external to the company. They need to know what IP address(es) and port(s) are needed so they can enable access. The SFTP content repository sits behind an IP load balancer that is listening on port 22 at the following IP addresses:
These IP addresses are static and could change if Red Hat needs to configure a new load balancer. Should such a change need to happen EPM will make every effort to announce it on the partner private email list so our partners are not surprised by it.
Can Partner SFTP be configured as a YUM/DNF repository?
No. The Partner SFTP content repository can not be configured as a YUM/DNF repository. This is a limitation of YUM/DNF (it also goes against the expected use case).
Can Rsync over SSH be used to download content?
No. The SFTP end point does not support using Rsync over SSH. The implementation of Rsync was investigated and it was found to not meet Red Hat Enterprise Security Standards and there were maintainability issues as well. The lftp mirror and rclone commands have similar functionality.
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