EASY FTP/FTPS Server for Ubuntu/Linux | VSFTPD Full Guide | Quick Setup

Get an FTP server on Ubuntu or Debian-based Operating systems. This video shows you everything from setting up vsftpd, creating user accounts, permissions, as well as testing and using your new FTP/FTPS server.

Commands:
Installing:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install vsftpd

Configuring:
sudo cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.orig
sudo ufw status
sudo ufw allow 20/tcp
sudo ufw allow 21/tcp
sudo ufw allow 990/tcp
sudo ufw allow 40000:50000/tcp
sudo ufw status

Creating user:
sudo adduser tcnoftp
sudo mkdir /home/tcnoftp/ftp
sudo chown nobody:nogroup /home/tcnoftp/ftp
sudo chmod a-w /home/tcnoftp/ftp
sudo ls -la /home/tcnoftp/ftp
sudo mkdir /home/tcnoftp/ftp/files
sudo chown tcnoftp:tcnoftp /home/tcnoftp/ftp/files
sudo ls -la /home/tcnoftp/ftp

Creating a test file:
echo “This is a test file” | sudo tee /home/tcnoftp/ftp/files/test.txt
sudo nano /etc/vsvftpd.conf
echo “tcnoftp” | sudo tee -a /etc/vsvftpd.userlist
cat /etc/vsftpd.userlist
sudo systemctl restart vsftpd

Creating SSL cert for Enabling FTPS:
sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem -keyout /etc/ssl/privavte/vsftpd.pem
sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf
sudo systemctl restart vsftpd

Securing FTP user:
sudo nano /bin/ftponly
sudo chmod a+x /bin/ftponly
sudo nano /etc/shells
sudo usermod tcnoftp -s /bin/ftponly

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro/Explanation
0:20 – Installing vsftpd
0:30 – Preparing vsftpd
1:20 – Create FTP user
2:59 – Creating a test file to verify access
3:18 – Configuring vsftpd
5:11 – Testing vsftpd server
5:40 – Enabling FTPS
7:50 – Securing FTP user

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