The methods for transferring files between local computers and ECS instances vary depending on the operating systems. You can refer to this topic and select a suitable file transfer method based on your actual needs, either to upload files from your local computer to an ECS instance or download files from an ECS instance to your local computer.

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When you need to upload a file to multiple ECS instances at the same time, you can use the operation orchestration feature for batch upload in the ECS console. Learn more.

Operating system of the local computer

Linux instances

Windows instances

Operating system of the local computer	Linux instances	Windows instances
Windows	Transferring files from local Windows system to Linux instance (WinSCP)	Transferring files from local Windows system to Windows instance (MSTSC)
Windows		Transferring files from local Windows system to ECS instance (FTP)	Transferring files from local Windows system to ECS instance (FTP)
Linux	Transferring files from local Linux system to Linux instance (SCP)	Transferring files from local Linux system to Windows instance (RDP)
Linux		Transferring files from local Linux system to ECS instance (FTP)	Transferring files from local Windows system to ECS instance (FTP)
macOS	Transferring files from local macOS system to Linux instance (SCP)	Transferring files from local macOS system to Windows instance (MRD)
Unix-like	Transferring files between Unix/Linux-like systems (SCP/Rsync/Netcat)	--

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