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How to Install and Configure VSFTPD FTP Server on Ubuntu 18.04

 

Picture this: You've just started your journey into the world of server hosting, you spent time learning an application and want to host it. Problem is, you have no idea how to upload your files to your server. This guide will solve that issue, so fasten your seat-belts and let's hit the road!

First off, if you're brand new to Linux servers check out the following link to learn how to access your server with SSH. 

https://help.skysilk.com/support/solutions/articles/9000118306-how-to-access-linux-vps-with-ssh-on-windows-mac-os-x-and-linux 


Start by ensuring that your system is up to date and has the latest software packages installed. This can be achieved by running the following command. ( Note that you will need to be using a sudo capable user. For information on how to set up a sudo user, check out https://help.skysilk.com/support/solutions/articles/9000126208-how-to-create-new-users-and-grant-sudo-privileges-to-users-on-linux to get you going. )

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

Once that is finished, we will install vsftpd:

sudo apt install vsftpd

When it finishes, it should start automatically. You can verify the status of the vsftpd service by running:

sudo systemctl status vsftpd

Now we want to configure vsftpd for our needs. It's always a good idea to make a backup of the original config file in-case something goes wrong. 

sudo cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.bak

Choose a text editor that you are comfortable with (we chose nano in this instance), because we're going to make some changes now.

sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

Take some time to look through this file and become familiar with it. There's useful comments to help you understand what each section does. For more information, refer to the official documentation at http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html 

Once you've finished making your changes, restart the vsftpd service:

sudo systemctl restart vsftpd

Since we're using UFW on our instance, we'll also do the following: 

sudo ufw allow from any to any port 20,21,10000:10100 proto tcp
sudo ufw disable
sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw status

The results of ufw status should look something like:

Status: active

To                         Action      From
--                         ------      ----
20,21,10000:10100/tcp      ALLOW       Anywhere                  
22/tcp                     ALLOW       Anywhere                  
20,21,10000:10100/tcp (v6) ALLOW       Anywhere (v6)             
22/tcp (v6)                ALLOW       Anywhere (v6) 

You should now have VSFTPD installed and running with firewall rules set to allow connections to it. This guide was not meant to be an extensive tutorial, but rather a starting point to get you up and running. If you're planning to add multiple users accounts, restrict their access, and more: we heavily advise that you refer to the official documentation linked above.




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