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# FTP (TLS Enabled) connection method

For the **FTP (TLS Enabled)** connection, you will need to have the following fields filled up. The steps of the connection will be provided below:

1. Fill in the **login credentials** of the user and password fields.

2. Specify the FTP source host to that you want to export the inventories to.

    **eg. vendor.com:20, ftp.vendor.com, 112.2.1.150**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/b442fb84a6ab7000/bc676239-0600-4e34-87c9-eb4130_17fjie3.png)

3. Fill in the **Directory** and **filename** where the feed file is located.  

    **eg.** **/public_html/project/data/inventory.csv**  

For a filename with a timestamp, please click [here](https://stocksync.crisp.help/en/article/wildcard-and-dynamic-date-14cjfcy/?bust=1705927992519) for more info.

4. Select an option under the **After Process** field, depending on the user choosing which option for their feed file to be after the process is finished.

*   Do Nothing To My File
*   Append Date To My File (<date_time>_file_name)
*   Rename My File
*   Delete My File  
      

5. The **File Format** field is set to **Auto** where Stock Sync auto-detects the file format or can also choose the type of file format.  

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/327b8923c1f7d800/2af808e2-2294-49c0-b8de-181435_1bmz3sq.png)  

6. By default **First Row Header** is disabled. If there’s a header on the file, need to enable this option. 

7. If your Site server is secure, please copy the IP address provided for it to work.

||| Whitelist the IP address "52.20.189.51" in your server. 

  
8. Click on the test connection to test it out or else you can test it via FileZilla. Learn more about [How to test via FileZilla?](https://filezillapro.com/docs/v3/basic-usage-instructions/connecting-to-a-server/)