How To Install A VSFTPD FTP Server On CentOS 7

How To Install A VSFTPD FTP Server On CentOS 7

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It has been a standard method for transferring files between computers for decades. FTP is by nature an insecure method for transferring files. This guide will show you how to configure and Install A VSFTPD FTP Server On CentOS 7.

1. Install VSFTPD software with the following command:

[root@zabbixserver ~]# yum install vsftpd -y

2. Start the service and set it to launch when the system boots with the following:

systemctl start vsftpd
systemctl enable vsftpd

3. Configure VSFTPD

The configuration file is /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf .

4. Edit the configuration file with the following command:

[root@zabbixserver ~]# vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

5. Set your FTP server to disable anonymous users and allow local users.

Find the following entries in the configuration file, and edit them as given below:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES

Allow a logged-in user to upload files to your FTP server:

write_enable=YES

6. If you want to Limit FTP users to their own home directory, then configure jailroot. Add the following parameters to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file.

chroot_local_user=YES
allow_writeable_chroot=YES

7. You can create a user list to manage users who will have access to VSFTPD. Add following parameters to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf file

userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/user_list
userlist_deny=NO

userlist_deny allow users if set to "NO", If its set to yes it will lock all the users List in the file.

8. Now Start the vsftpd service.

#systemctl restart vsftpd

Create FTP User:

To create a new FTP user do the following:
#adduser testuser
#passwd testuser

Add the new user to user_list file :

echo testuser | tee –a /etc/vsftpd/user_list

Now create a FTP folder and add permission for the "testuser" to write data in it.

# mkdir -p /home/testuser/ftp/upload
# chmod 550 /home/testuser/ftp
# chmod 750 /home/testuser/ftp/upload
# chown -R testuser:testuser /home/testuser/ftp

8. Now restart the vsftpd service.

[root@zabbixserver ~]# systemctl restart vsftpd

9. Now we are all set to test our FTP server.

If you Get error Like ftp command not found, Please intall ftp client:

[root@zabbixserver ~]# yum install ftp

[root@zabbixserver ~]# ftp 192.168.1.103