How to Connect via FTP to Your The Front Server

Published June 9, 2026 · By Host Havoc Technical Support Team

FTP gives you direct access to your The Front server files for uploading saves, editing configs, and managing mods. Host Havoc recommends FileZilla as your FTP client.

Download FileZilla from filezilla-project.org.

Connect with FileZilla

  1. Log into the Game Control Panel and navigate to your server.
  2. Locate the FTP Info section near the middle of the screen. Copy the FTP IP and port (for example, 167.114.172.201:8821) and paste it into the Host box in FileZilla.
    The FTP Info section in the Game Control Panel showing the FTP IP address and port
  3. Enter your control panel username and password into the Username and Password fields in FileZilla.
    FileZilla connection bar with the Username and Password fields filled in
  4. The port will adjust automatically if you paste the full <IP>:<PORT> string from the control panel.
  5. Click Quickconnect.

Before you start: If the control panel shows SFTP Info instead of FTP Info, add sftp:// in front of the IP address before pasting into FileZilla. For example: sftp://167.114.172.201:8821.

Troubleshooting

If the connection is refused, confirm the FTP IP and port are copied exactly from the control panel with no extra spaces. If you changed your control panel password, update it in FileZilla as well. Once connected, you can navigate to ./ProjectWar/Saved/GameStates/ to upload save data or browse other directories to edit server configuration files.