How to Install the secure FTP server on ubuntu server 20.04

Louis SanchezAugust 14th 2021, 10:57

Follow these steps to install the secure FTP server:

Installing FTP server

Step 1 : Install vsftpd with the following command

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vsftpd

Step 2 : After installation, we can configure vsftpd by editing /etc/vsftpd.conf

Configure an FTP server with SSL/TLS

Step 3 : First create the SSL certificate for the FTP server

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem -out /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem

Step 4 : Next, configure Vsftpd. Add or edit the following lines in vsftpd.conf

anonymous_enable=no
local_enable=yes
write_enable=yes
chroot_local_user=yes
# Add the SSL certificate created in the previous step:
rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.pem
ssl_enable=yes
ssl_ciphers=high
force_local_data_ssl=yes
force_local_logins_ssl=yes

Step 5 : Save and exit the configuration file. Restart the Vsftpd server:

sudo service vsftpd restart

Step 6 : Now you can use any FTP client that supports the SFTP protocol to connect to your FTP server. The following is the configuration screen for SFTP client FileZilla: