FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is probably the most popular method of uploading files to a server; a wide array of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and clients exist for every platform.
- These instructions are intended specifically for installing the ProFTPD on CentOS 6.
- I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 6.5 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.
ProFTPD is part of Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL), which is a community repository of non-standard packages for the RHEL distribution. First, we’ll install the EPEL repository:
rpm -iUvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm
As a matter of best practice we’ll update our packages:
yum -y update
Then let’s install ProFTPD and any required packages:
yum -y install proftpd
For a refresher on editing files with vim see: New User Tutorial: Overview of the Vim Text Editor
Let’s edit the configuration file for ProFTPD:
vim /etc/proftpd.conf
Change the ServerName to the hostname of your server. In the case below, ftp.thebestfakedomainnameintheworld.com is an example:
ServerName “ftp.thebestfakedomainnameintheworld.com”
Exit and save the file with the command :wq .
Restart the ProFTPD service:
service proftpd restart
Then set the ProFTPD service to start at boot:
chkconfig proftpd on
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