# Amazon Transfer Family SFTP connectors
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An Amazon Transfer Family SFTP connector establishes a connection with a remote SFTP server to transfer files between Amazon storage and a remote server, using the SFTP protocol. You can send files from Amazon S3 to an external, partner-owned SFTP server, retrieve files from a partner's SFTP server to Amazon S3 or list, delete, rename or move files on the remote server. SFTP connectors support two egress types: service managed (using Amazon managed infrastructure) and VPC (routing through your VPC using Amazon VPC Lattice ). Using SFTP connectors, you can build automated, event-driven file transfer workflows in Amazon .

**Topics**
+ [Creating SFTP connectors](configure-sftp-connector.md)
+ [VPC connectivity for SFTP connectors](sftp-connectors-vpc-overview.md)
+ [Using SFTP connectors](transfer-sftp-connectors.md)
+ [Monitoring SFTP connectors](track-connector-progress.md)
+ [Managing SFTP connectors](manage-sftp-connectors.md)
+ [Scaling and quotas for SFTP connectors](scale-and-limits-sftp-connector.md)
+ [Reference architectures using SFTP connectors](reference-architectures.md)