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If you want to use SFTP instead of FTP to send backups to a remote location from DirectAdmin, you can use a script created by our friends at Poralix.

Run this over SSH/console:

yum install sshpass -y
cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts/custom/
git clone https://github.com/poralix/directadmin-sftp-backups.git
cp -f directadmin-sftp-backups/ftp_download.php ./
cp -f directadmin-sftp-backups/ftp_list.php ./
cp -f directadmin-sftp-backups/ftp_upload.php ./
chmod 700 ftp_*.php
chown diradmin:diradmin ftp_*.php

Now when you switch the remote backup port to "22" the system will use SFTP instead of FTP.