How to Install ProFTPD Server on RHEL/CentOS 7

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a very popular protocol for file sharing. ProFTPd is an open-source and very powerful and easy to configure FTP server software.

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In this tutorial we will guide you how to install ProFTPD server on RHEL/CentOS 7.

Step 1: Add the EPEL Repository

ProFTPD is not available in RHEL/CentOS default repository, so you need to add the EPEL repository to install the ProFTPD.

# yum install epel-release

Step 2: Install ProFTPD

Now, you can install ProFTPD using mention command.

# yum install proftpd proftpd-utils

Step 3: Start ProFTPD

After installing the ProFTPD on the system, start and enable the Proftpd service.

# systemctl start proftpd
# systemctl enable proftpd

Step 4: Firewall Rule for FTP

Now, open FTP ports in firewalld with the following command If Firewall is running:

# firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=ftp --permanent
# firewall-cmd --reload

Step 4: Access ProFTPD

Now you can use the FTP server from remote machines is by mentioning your server IP Address or domain name using ftp protocol on URL.

ftp://IP_Address
OR
ftp://Hostname

After entering the credentials.

Default configuration on Proftpd Server use local accounts credentials to login and access your account files which is your $HOME system path account, defined in /etc/passwd file.

We have copied the files in user home directory, which we list in ProFTPD.

Reference: http://www.proftpd.org/

Enjoy it!