# How does kopia repo sync-to works?

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-does-kopia-repo-sync-to-works/201>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-does-kopia-repo-sync-to-works/201 "2020-11-15T17:00:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-does-kopia-repo-sync-to-works/201/5 "2025-04-28T21:14:02Z")

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> [@MFX](#):
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> But I’m one of those fools who benefits from seeing specific examples of commands in use. Preferably _tested_ examples.

Seconded. I have too many, too long pages in my KB testing, logging results of/from Kopia.

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> [@\[Ftr Req\] FTP, FTP/S support (vs SFTP)](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ftr-req-ftp-ftp-s-support-vs-sftp/3920):
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> (Source thread: [How does kopia repo sync-to works?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/how-does-kopia-repo-sync-to-works/201)) Seconded. I have too many, too long pages in my KB testing, logging results of/from Kopia. vsftpd is relatively trivial to set up. It also supports FTP/S (FTP over TLS). That’ll take care of ensuring encryption in transit. It uses next to nothing for RAM while idle. [Screenshot\_20250428\_213624] [https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-setup-ftp-server-with-vsftpd-on-ubuntu-20-04/](https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-setup-ftp-server-with-vsftpd-on-ubuntu-20-04/) I was rather surprised Kopia didn’t support this OOTB since SFTP i…

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