1. Select the SFTP connection, click the SSH key button,and press on the Generate new key pair option:



2. SiteLock will generate private and public keys. Once it is ready, download the file with the public key on your computer using the Download Public Key option:



NOTE: It is not possible to receive the private key as SiteLock keeps it on their side.

3. Open the downloaded file on your computer with any text editor and copy the generated public key:



Now it is needed to add this public key to your cPanel.

4. Go to your cPanel account >> menu Manage Shell:



5. Enable SSH by turning the toggle button on and click the Import Key button:



6. Fill in the following fields:

• Choose a name for this key (defaults to id_dsa) - enter the name of the key. You can name it whatever you want, we use the name "sitelockkey" in our example;
• The Paste the private key field should be empty as we do not have it and SiteLock keeps this private key on their side;
• The Passphrase field should be empty as well;
• The copied key from the downloaded file should be entered to the Paste the public key field.

And click Import:



You will receive the Success message:



7. Now you need to activate the key. For this, go back to the Manage SSH Keys and click the Manage button near the imported key:



8. Click the Authorize button:





9. Go back to the SiteLock SMART configuration process and fill in the configuration form with your SFTP details:



Method for File Transfers: SFTP
FTP Host or IP address: your servername or hosting account’s IP address
(S)FTP Port Number: 21098
User ID: your cPanel username (can be found in the email with the Your Hosting Account Details for yourdomain.tld subject. It was sent to the email address assigned to your hosting billing profile)

10. Select Test Connection and go to Step 2. You will see a list of folders present in your hosting account. Then you should select the document root of your website (in our example, the website root folder is public_html) and click That`s it:

1. Select the SFTP connection, click the Password button and fill in the configuration form with your SFTP details:



Method for File Transfers: SFTP
FTP Host or IP address: your servername or hosting account’s IP address
(S)FTP Port Number: 21098
User ID: your cPanel username
Enter your cPanel password into the last field

NOTE: Your cPanel details (cPanel username and password) can be found in the email with the Your Hosting Account Details for yourdomain.tld subject. It was sent to the email address assigned to your hosting billing profile. If there are any issues with the cPanel password, you can reset it using this guide.

2. Select Test Connection and go to Step 2. You will see a list of folders present in your hosting account. Then you should select the document root of your website (in our example, the website root folder is public_html) and click That`s it:



You will see the following pop-up window:



NOTE: In case you accidentally reloaded the page and can not longer proceed to the "This is it" button to finish configuring the download settings, complete the setup by going to the Settings menu >> Smart Settings >> click Show me the wizard button:

1. Select the SFTP connection, click the SSH key button and press on the Generate new key pair option:



2. Once it is done, download the file to your computer, open it with a text editor, and copy the public key.

3. Go to cPanel >> Manage Shell menu >> Manage SSH Keys option, import one more public key for the database and authorize it.

4. As a result, you should have two imported and authorized public keys in your cPanel account:



5. Go back to the SiteLock SMART Database (SMART/DB) Settings configuration process and fill in the configuration form with your SFTP details:



Method for File Transfers: SFTP
FTP Host or IP address: your servername or hosting account’s IP address
(S)FTP Port Number: 21098
User ID: your cPanel username (can be found in the email with the Your Hosting Account Details for yourdomain.tld subject)

6. Click Test Connection and go to Step 3. You will see a list of folders present in your hosting account. Then you should select the document root of your website (in our example, the website root folder is public_html) and click That`s it:

1. Select the SFTP connection, click the Password button, and fill in the configuration form with your SFTP details:



Method for File Transfers: SFTP
FTP Host or IP address: your servername or hosting account’s IP address
(S)FTP Port Number: 21098
User ID: your cPanel username
Enter your cPanel password into the last field

NOTE: Your cPanel details (cPanel username and password) can be found in the email with the Your Hosting Account Details for yourdomain.tld subject. It was sent to the email address assigned to your hosting billing profile. If there are any issues with the cPanel password, you can reset it using this guide.

2. Click Test Connection and go to Step 3. You will see a list of folders present in your hosting account. Then you should select the document root of your website (in our example, the website root folder is public_html) and click That`s it: