Basic Setup Web Server on Ubuntu 14.04

Step One — Basic Server Setup
Once your server is up and running, there are some standard procedures that you should complete in order to build a good foundation. We call this our initial server setup.

You should go through this guide before continuing, especially steps 1-4. This will show you how to get logged in, create a regular user account, and give that user administrative privileges.

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What is SFTP?

FTP, or “File Transfer Protocol” is a popular method of transferring files between two remote systems.

SFTP, which stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol, or Secure File Transfer Protocol, is a separate protocol packaged with SSH that works in a similar way over a secure connection. The advantage is the ability to leverage a secure connection to transfer files and traverse the filesystem on both the local and remote system.
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Configuring IIS Web Server for SSL

To enable SSL in IIS, you must first obtain a certificate that is used to encrypt and decrypt the information that is transferred over the network. IIS includes its own certificate request tool that you can use to send a certificate request to a certification authority. This tool simplifies the process of obtaining a certificate. If you use Apache, you must obtain the certificate manually.
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Trying to run rsync between two remote servers

I’m trying to run an rsync between two servers. I’m basing things off of this post: How to rsync files between two remotes?

What I find missing is how to facilitate the rsync (via ssh) when a key (the same key) is required for logging into each server.

Here’s the closest I’ve got:

ssh -i ~/path/to/pem/file.pem -R localhost:50000:SERVER2:22 ubuntu@SERVER1 ‘rsync -e “ssh -p 50000” -vur /home/ubuntu/test localhost:/home/ubuntu/test’
It seems like the initial connection works properly, however I can’t seem to figure out how to specific the key and username for SERVER2.
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