# 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 configured services using multicast DNS --allowed-patterns stringArray Allowed file patterns case insensitive. The format is: /dir::pattern1,pattern2. For example: "/somedir::*.jpg,a*b?.png" --az-access-tier string Leave empty to use the default container setting --az-account-key string --az-account-name string --az-container string --az-download-concurrency int How many parts are downloaded in parallel (default 5) --az-download-part-size int The buffer size for multipart downloads (MB) (default 5) --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 5) --az-upload-part-size int The buffer size for multipart uploads (MB) (default 5) --az-use-emulator --crypto-passphrase string Passphrase for encryption/decryption --denied-patterns stringArray Denied file patterns case insensitive. The format is: /dir::pattern1,pattern2. For example: "/somedir::*.jpg,a*b?.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 string osfs => local filesystem (legacy value: 0) s3fs => AWS S3 compatible (legacy: 1) gcsfs => Google Cloud Storage (legacy: 2) azblobfs => Azure Blob Storage (legacy: 3) cryptfs => Encrypted local filesystem (legacy: 4) sftpfs => SFTP (legacy: 5) (default "osfs") --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 --log-utc-time Use UTC time for 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-acl string --s3-bucket string --s3-endpoint string --s3-force-path-style Force path style bucket URL --s3-key-prefix string Allows to restrict access to the virtual folder identified by this prefix and its contents --s3-region string --s3-session-token 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) --sftp-buffer-size int The size of the buffer (in MB) to use for transfers. By enabling buffering, the reads and writes, from/to the remote SFTP server, are split in multiple concurrent requests and this allows data to be transferred at a faster rate, over high latency networks, by overlapping round-trip times --sftp-disable-concurrent-reads Concurrent reads are safe to use and disabling them will degrade performance. Disable for read once servers --sftp-endpoint string SFTP endpoint as host:port for SFTP provider --sftp-fingerprints strings SFTP fingerprints to verify remote host key for SFTP provider --sftp-key-path string SFTP private key path for SFTP provider --sftp-password string SFTP password for SFTP provider --sftp-prefix string SFTP prefix allows restrict all operations to a given path within the remote SFTP server --sftp-username string SFTP user for SFTP provider -s, --sftpd-port int 0 means a random unprivileged port, < 0 disabled -c, --ssh-commands strings SSH commands to enable. "*" means any supported SSH command including scp (default [md5sum,sha1sum,cd,pwd,scp]) --start-directory string Alternate start directory. This is a virtual path not a filesystem path (default "/") -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"] ```