OCLC supports SFTP for institutions to exchange data with OCLC.
The OCLC servers are on OpenSSH 7.4, which no longer supports versions of OpenSSL that are older than 1.0.1.
Client machines must use a version of OpenSSH/OpenSSL that is not older than OpenSSH_5.3p1, OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips 11 Feb 2013.
The data center associated with your institution's account depends on the region in which you are located. You will receive your data center assignment along with your file exchange account credentials.
Note: You must always use your assigned data center.
Your file exchange account username:
Please contact OCLC Support to retrieve file exchange account credentials for your institution.
The directories available in your account will vary according to your OCLC product subscriptions. You may not delete directories or add new ones.
Files will automatically be deleted by OCLC at the established retention period (typically 90 days for non-PII data and 30 days or less for PII data). You will not be able to delete files from output directories.
After you have signed in, you will be in the home directory of your file exchange account. Your home directory will correspond to your file exchange account username (e.g., /fx_zzz, /wx_ocwms).
Note: All product directory paths are found under /xfer.
If you are using Linux commands, you will "cd" directly into the desired product directory (e.g., cd /xfer/metacoll/in/bib). All directory paths must always begin with /xfer.
If you are using an open source SFTP client, you will need to navigate to your desired directory. To navigate in Filezilla, which is recommended as it works consistently with multiple operating systems:
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This video reviews how to exchange files with OCLC through WorldShare and through a file exchange server.