VSFTPD
As the name suggest vsftpds stands for Very Secure File Transfer protocol Daemon Server. This is the default FTP server in Ubuntu and many other linux systems.
Installation
Mostly vsftpd is installed on you system by default and if not you can do the same by entering following commands in terminal
First of all update your linux
sudo apt-get updateNow to install vsftpd input
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
Configuration
Now after you have successfully installed vsftpd
Start configuring its conf file located in etc folder
Note : Be extra cautious while editing vsftpd.conf file in nano editor, because if you make any mistake altering server configuration it will be a tedious process to troubleshoot. For safety you can backup original configuration file
Backup original vsftpd configuration file
Sudo cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.bak
Now open original conf file
sudo nano /etc/vsftpd.conf
Main configuration parameters
After editing configuration file do not forget to restart vsftpd by typing
sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart
Check vsftpd status
sudo systemctl status vsftpd
Check Firewall Status
sudo ufw status
Now to access your newly created ftp server enter following
ftp://localhost
Here localhost is the IP address of your server machine
To know IP address enter following command
hostname -I | awk ‘{print $1}’
This will output your IP address which you can use in place of localhost
With the above configuration you can access your ftp server on your local network from different devices.
