# Automated FTP file migration: n8n workflow template

> Started by a clock, and works across Email and FTP. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-ftp-file-migration (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Automated FTP file migration

Started by a clock, and works across Email and FTP. 9 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-ftp-file-migration)

**9 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 3 Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Daily Schedule (2 AM)** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **List Files - Source FTP** Ftp *Service*
- 3 **Filter Files** Filter *Logic*
- 4 **Download File** Ftp *Service*
- 5 **Upload to Destination** Ftp *Service*
- 6 **Upload Success?** Filter *Logic*
- 7 **Delete Source File** Ftp *Service*
- 8 **Log Success** Set *Logic*
- 9 **Send Email Success Alert** Email Send *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 9
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Email, FTP
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email and FTP accounts. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 9 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 9 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-ftp-file-migration)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[FTP](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=FTP#library)

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