However, those are command line methods and not everyone feels comfortable. In this lesson we learned how to install and configure Filezilla FTP server in Windows OS.If you ask the geeky sysadmins, they will swear by rsync or scp commands for transferring files between remote server and local system. It is listening on a default port 21 which is common for FTP protocol.

Now your FileZilla server is up and running. Make sure that the user has necessary permissions to that folder. This will be our user’s directory and he will have access to it. Now click Shared Folders on the left and add a folder for this user. I have created a user name orkhans and entered its password in a corresponding field. Go to Edit->Users, create a user and assign a password for him. Create a folder and assign that folder to our user (after remote user connects to the server, FTP server has to know where to store that user’s files).Create an FTP user (people will connect to our server using username /password).Now there are two main thing we need to do to make our server work: FileZilla Connect WindowĪfter you connect to the FileZilla server you will see a window like on the picture below: If it does not appear just double click the FileZilla server icon on your desktop. Once you have finished the installation you will see a window as shown on the picture below. FileZilla FTP Server will be installed as a service and run every time you power on your PC. Install the application and leave all the settings unchanged during the installation process. Go to their official website and download FileZilla Server for Windows. FTP server is a software running on a computer/server that hosts those files and makes it possible to copy them to/from the server.įileZilla server is one of the most popular FTP servers out there. FTP server is usually required when you want to share files with other users or when you need to backup your files to a remote location. What is FTP Server?įile Transfer Protocol(FTP) is a protocol used to transfer files between computers in a network. In this lesson we will learn how to setup FTP server in Windows operating system.

Ftp server ubuntu filezilla