# Portable mode

SFTPGo allows to share a single directory on demand using the `portable` subcommand:

```console
sftpgo portable --help
To serve the current working directory with auto generated credentials simply
use:

$ sftpgo portable

Please take a look at the usage below to customize the serving parameters

Usage:
  sftpgo portable [flags]

Flags:
  -C, --advertise-credentials            If the SFTP/FTP service is
                                         advertised via multicast DNS, this
                                         flag allows to put username/password
                                         inside the advertised TXT record
  -S, --advertise-service                Advertise SFTP/FTP service using
                                         multicast DNS
      --allowed-extensions stringArray   Allowed file extensions case
                                         insensitive. The format is
                                         /dir::ext1,ext2.
                                         For example: "/somedir::.jpg,.png"
      --az-account-key string
      --az-account-name string
      --az-container string
      --az-endpoint string               Leave empty to use the default:
                                         "blob.core.windows.net"
      --az-key-prefix string             Allows to restrict access to the
                                         virtual folder identified by this
                                         prefix and its contents
      --az-sas-url string                Shared access signature URL
      --az-upload-concurrency int        How many parts are uploaded in
                                         parallel (default 2)
      --az-upload-part-size int          The buffer size for multipart uploads
                                         (MB) (default 4)
      --az-use-emulator
      --denied-extensions stringArray    Denied file extensions case
                                         insensitive. The format is
                                         /dir::ext1,ext2.
                                         For example: "/somedir::.jpg,.png"
  -d, --directory string                 Path to the directory to serve.
                                         This can be an absolute path or a path
                                         relative to the current directory
                                          (default ".")
  -f, --fs-provider int                  0 => local filesystem
                                         1 => AWS S3 compatible
                                         2 => Google Cloud Storage
                                         3 => Azure Blob Storage
      --ftpd-cert string                 Path to the certificate file for FTPS
      --ftpd-key string                  Path to the key file for FTPS
      --ftpd-port int                    0 means a random unprivileged port,
                                         < 0 disabled (default -1)
      --gcs-automatic-credentials int    0 means explicit credentials using
                                         a JSON credentials file, 1 automatic
                                          (default 1)
      --gcs-bucket string
      --gcs-credentials-file string      Google Cloud Storage JSON credentials
                                         file
      --gcs-key-prefix string            Allows to restrict access to the
                                         virtual folder identified by this
                                         prefix and its contents
      --gcs-storage-class string
  -h, --help                             help for portable
  -l, --log-file-path string             Leave empty to disable logging
  -v, --log-verbose                      Enable verbose logs
  -p, --password string                  Leave empty to use an auto generated
                                         value
  -g, --permissions strings              User's permissions. "*" means any
                                         permission (default [list,download])
  -k, --public-key strings
      --s3-access-key string
      --s3-access-secret string
      --s3-bucket string
      --s3-endpoint string
      --s3-key-prefix string             Allows to restrict access to the
                                         virtual folder identified by this
                                         prefix and its contents
      --s3-region string
      --s3-storage-class string
      --s3-upload-concurrency int        How many parts are uploaded in
                                         parallel (default 2)
      --s3-upload-part-size int          The buffer size for multipart uploads
                                         (MB) (default 5)
  -s, --sftpd-port int                   0 means a random unprivileged port
  -c, --ssh-commands strings             SSH commands to enable.
                                         "*" means any supported SSH command
                                         including scp
                                          (default [md5sum,sha1sum,cd,pwd,scp])
  -u, --username string                  Leave empty to use an auto generated
                                         value
      --webdav-cert string               Path to the certificate file for WebDAV
                                         over HTTPS
      --webdav-key string                Path to the key file for WebDAV over
                                         HTTPS
      --webdav-port int                  0 means a random unprivileged port,
                                         < 0 disabled (default -1)
```

In portable mode, SFTPGo can advertise the SFTP/FTP services and, optionally, the credentials via multicast DNS, so there is a standard way to discover the service and to automatically connect to it.

Here is an example of the advertised SFTP service including credentials as seen using `avahi-browse`:

```console
= enp0s31f6 IPv4 SFTPGo portable 53705                         SFTP File Transfer   local
   hostname = [p1.local]
   address = [192.168.1.230]
   port = [53705]
   txt = ["password=EWOo6pJe" "user=user" "version=0.9.3-dev-b409523-dirty-2019-10-26T13:43:32Z"]
```