> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gcore.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create SFTP storage > Creates a new SFTP storage instance in the specified location and returns the storage details including credentials. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/services_docs_mintlify/object_storage_api.yaml post /storage/v4/sftp_storages openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Gcore OpenAPI – Object Storage API description: >- This OpenAPI is an aggregated OpenAPI specification that unifies all Gcore products into a single file. It covers Cloud, CDN, DNS, WAAP, DDoS Protection, Object Storage, Streaming, and FastEdge services. version: 4b5ff58882b3 servers: - url: https://api.gcore.com security: - APIKey: [] tags: - name: Notifications - name: S3-Compatible Storage - name: SFTP Storage - name: SSHKeys - name: Storage - name: Storage Locations - name: Storage Statistics paths: /storage/v4/sftp_storages: post: tags: - SFTP Storage summary: Create SFTP storage description: >- Creates a new SFTP storage instance in the specified location and returns the storage details including credentials. operationId: createSftpStorageV4 requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SFTPStorageCreateBodyV4' required: true responses: '201': description: SFTPStorageItemV4 content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SFTPStorageItemV4' '400': description: ErrResponse content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrResponse' '401': description: ErrResponse content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrResponse' '403': description: ErrResponse content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrResponse' '409': description: ErrResponse content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrResponse' components: schemas: SFTPStorageCreateBodyV4: title: SFTPStorageCreateBodyV4 Request body for creating an SFTP storage. required: - location_name - name - password_mode type: object properties: expires: type: string description: >- Duration when the storage should expire (e.g., "2 years 6 months"). Omit for no expiration. example: 2 years 6 months has_custom_config_file: type: boolean description: Whether this storage should use a custom configuration file example: false is_http_disabled: type: boolean description: Whether HTTP access should be disabled (HTTPS only) example: false location_name: type: string description: Location code where the storage should be created example: s-region-1 name: type: string description: User-defined name for the storage instance example: my-sftp-storage password_mode: type: string description: |- Password handling mode for SFTP access: 'auto': generate a random password (returned in the response) 'set': use the password provided in `sftp_password` 'none': no password (SSH-key-only access) example: auto enum: - auto - set - none server_alias: type: string description: Custom domain alias for accessing the storage. Omit for no alias. example: my-storage.example.com sftp_password: type: string description: |- SFTP password (8-63 chars). Required when `password_mode` is 'set'. Must be omitted when `password_mode` is 'auto' or 'none'. ssh_key_ids: type: array description: >- SSH key IDs to associate with this storage at creation time. If omitted, no keys are linked. example: - 1 - 2 - 3 items: type: integer format: int64 SFTPStorageItemV4: title: >- SFTPStorageItemV4 SFTP storage with connection details and authentication config. Connect using address with SSH keys or password. required: - address - created_at - expires - full_name - has_custom_config_file - has_password - id - is_http_disabled - location_name - name - provisioning_status - server_alias - ssh_key_ids type: object properties: address: type: string description: Full hostname/address for accessing the storage endpoint example: luxembourg-2.storage.example.com created_at: type: string description: ISO 8601 timestamp when the storage was created format: date-time example: '2025-08-05T09:17:02Z' expires: type: string description: Duration when the storage will expire. Null if no expiration is set. example: 2 years 6 months full_name: type: string description: >- Read-only internal full name of the storage, composed as "{`client_id`}-{name}". Used by the SFTP backend as the login username. Clients should use this value when connecting but should continue to identify the storage by `name` in their own configuration. example: 696-my-sftp-storage has_custom_config_file: type: boolean description: Whether this storage uses a custom configuration file example: false has_password: type: boolean description: Whether password authentication is configured for this storage example: true id: type: integer description: Unique identifier for the storage instance format: int64 example: 1 is_http_disabled: type: boolean description: Whether HTTP access is disabled for this storage (HTTPS only) example: false location_name: type: string description: Geographic location code where the storage is provisioned example: luxembourg-2 name: type: string description: >- User-defined name for the storage instance, as supplied at creation time. example: my-sftp-storage password: type: string description: >- SFTP password. Only returned when newly generated or set (create/patch). Omitted in GET/list responses. example: Xy9$mN2p!qR8 provisioning_status: type: string description: >- Lifecycle status of the storage. Use this to check readiness before operations. example: active enum: - creating - active - updating - deleting - deleted server_alias: type: string description: >- Custom domain alias for accessing the storage. Null if no alias is configured. example: my-storage.example.com ssh_key_ids: type: array description: IDs of SSH keys associated with this SFTP storage example: - 1 - 2 items: type: integer format: int64 ErrResponse: type: object properties: error: type: string description: ErrResponse is an error response securitySchemes: APIKey: description: >- API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word `apikey`, followed by a single space and then your token. Example: `apikey 1234$abcdef` type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization ````