Mastering CentOS 7 Linux Server

Setting up an FTP server

As we know, multiple clients need a file exchange, and one of the common services that allows an easy and fast file exchange is the FTP technologies. In this section, we will talk about how to set up an FTP server to help transfer data between two machines in the same network or from different networks.

First, we need to install an FTP server using the default package manager:

$ sudo yum install vsftpd ftp

After having the server installed, we can start the configuration by editing the VSFTPD configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

We need to find the following lines and change them as shown:

anonymous_enable=NO  # Disable anonymous login
ftpd_banner=Welcome to The Packt FTP Service.  # Banner message
use_localtime=YES ...