29 April 2016

Beginners guide to FTP & SFTP Server Configuration

Through this blog we will be discussing about FTP & SFTP server configuration on Linux Server.

So what is FTP?

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard protocol used to transfer computer files between client and server on a computer network.

FTP – File transfer protocol is used to transfer files from one host to another over TCP. FTP is a secure transmission medium and through this blog we will configure FTP server on Centos Linux.

Note: Before configuring FTP server, you require a sudo user who has root privileges. Perform all the steps through root only.

Prefer root to configure ftp or vsftpd server.

Configuring FTP Server on Centos 6 Linux

Step 1. Start with installing vsftpd package:

1	yum install vsftpd -y

Step 2. Install ftp packages:

1	Yum install ftp* -y

Step 3. Open /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file to configure ftp server:

1	vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Update all the properties accordingly to below lines:

anonymous_enable=NO

local_umask=022

chroot_local_user=YES <span style="font-weight: 400;"> #(</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">this property used to limit the users to their home directories.)</span>

Next, find these properties and Uncomment the below lines:

local_enable=YES

write_enable=YES

Step 4. Next, create a user for accessing FTP server.

1	useradd acd

Provide password to this user.

1	passwd acd

Step 5. Start vsftpd service by using the below command.

1	service vsftpd start

1	service vsftpd restart

Now type the below command to start FTP server service automatically at startup:

1	chkconfig vsftpd on

Step 6: Disable firewall ( Iptables )

1	service iptables stop

1	chkconfig iptables off

Step 7: Move to pub directory to upload files:

1	cd /var/ftp/pub

Now put some files to pub directory so one can access that files.

mkdir acadgild

Vi prateek

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Refer to the screenshot given below:

Now open FTP path (ftp://ftp-server-IP or ftp://server_name/) in remote machine’s browser. It will ask for Authentication. After that you can see the created files list.

ftp://server-ip