Deploying SFTPGo as an Azure Storage SFTP Alternative on Linux

Azure Storage SFTP is Microsoft's managed file transfer service on top of Azure Blob Storage, convenient, but billed continuously per endpoint (roughly $0.30/hour, ~$220/month) and tied to Azure AD. SFTPGo is an open-source file transfer server offering SFTP, FTP/S, and WebDAV with pluggable storage backends (local disk, Azure Blob, S3-compatible, GCS) and no per-endpoint charge. This guide deploys SFTPGo with Docker Compose and Traefik, sets up user auth (password + SSH key + 2FA), connects S3-compatible object storage, and covers the migration path from Azure Storage SFTP. By the end, you'll have a self-hosted file transfer server with the same capabilities at zero endpoint cost. Azure Storage SFTP → SFTPGo Mapping Azure Storage SFTP SFTPGo Equivalent Notes SFTP Endpoint SFTPGo SFTP Server Configurable port, default 2022 Azure Blob Storage Azure Blob backend Native support; point at the same container, no migration needed Azure AD Authentication LDAP/OIDC pl