Setup FTP Server on Amazon Linux 2

FTP – File Transfer Protocol is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and a server on a computer network. Using Amazon Linux AMI, below are the basic steps to set up an FTP on AWS EC2 instance.

Install FTP Server

yum install vsftpd

sudo systemctl start vsftpd

sudo systemctl enable vsftpd

Edit configuration file

File /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

anonymous_enable=YES
local_enable=YES
write_enable=NO
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
listen=NO
listen_ipv6=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd_user_conf
use_localtime=YES

cd /etc/vsftpd; touch chroot_list

Create FTP User

Create int200 user

sudo usermod -d /var/www/html/wiki/files/ int200

Change password of user

passwd int200

Allow int200 user

cd /etc/vsftpd_user_conf/
touch int200

anon_world_readable_only=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=0002
chown_uploads=YES
chown_username=apache
anon_umask=022

Testing

Using WinSCP try to connect to the instance

Good luck to you!!!