How to setup FTP Server on centos 7.3(VSFTP)
Setting up FTP Server on Centos 7.3:–
Ftp server is used to exchange files between computers over network.
Setup FTP server on Centos 7:-
Step1:- Updating Repository and installing VSFTP package
[root@newdelhihosting ~] # yum check-update
If update is available update the server and reboot it.
[root@newdelhihosting ~] # yum -y install vsftpd Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package vsftpd.x86_64 0:3.0.2-22.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Running transaction Installing : vsftpd-3.0.2-22.el7.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : vsftpd-3.0.2-22.el7.x86_64 1/1 Installed: vsftpd.x86_64 0:3.0.2-22.el7 Complete!
Step2:Modifying the configuration files
After installation, you can find “vsftpd.conf” file under /etc/vsftpd/ which is the main configuration file for VSFTP.
Take a backup copy before making changes
[root@newdelhihosting~] # cp vsftpd.conf vsftpd.conf1
Now open the configuration file and make changes as below
[root@newdelhihosting~] # nano /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
Find for anonymous_enable=YES and change value to NO to disable anonymous FTP access.
anonymous_enable=NO
Uncomment the below line to restrict users to their home directory.
chroot_local_user=YES
Now, add the following lines at the end of file to enable passove mode and allow chroot writable
allow_writeable_chroot=YES pasv_enable=Yes pasv_min_port=30000 pasv_max_port=35000
Step 3 : Now restart vsftpd service and make it start automatically after reboot.
[root@newdelhihosting~] # systemctl restart vsftpd.service [root@newdelhihosting~] # systemctl enable vsftpd.service
Step 4 : Enable firewall and add FTP service in firewall to allow ftp ports.
[root@newdelhihosting~] # systemctl enable firewalld.service [root@newdelhihosting~] # firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=ftp [root@newdelhihosting~] # firewall-cmd --reload
Step 5 : Setup SEinux to allow ftp access to the users home directories.
[root@newdelhihosting~]# setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on
Step 6 : Now create an user for ftp access. Here /sbin/nologin shell is used to prevent shell access to the server.
[root@newdelhihosting~]# useradd -m webhostchennai -s /sbin/nologin [root@newdelhihosting~]# passwd webhostchennai Changing password for user webhostchennai. New password: Retype new password: passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
Now, the user newdelhihosting can able to login FTP on port 21
You can use any FTP client for transferring the files.
