verify SFTP is installed ubuntu
up vote 0 down vote. First of all, Apache2 and SFTP are different things-Apache2 is a HTTP server while SFTP is a file transfer protocol over SSH. So I assume your question is how to transfer file to a server installed with Apache2 with SFTP. First of all, you need SSH server installed to enable SFTP.You can verify if SSH server is installed with dpkg-s openssh-server. If it is not installed, please install it sudo apt-get install openssh-server. See more information on how to install OpenSSH Server at the other post.p vote 0 down vote. First of all, Apache2 and SFTP are different things-Apache2 is a HTTP server while SFTP is a file transfer protocol over SSH. So I assume your question is how to transfer file to a server installed with Apache2 with SFTP. First of all, you need SSH server installed to enable SFTP.