A special program installed on your computer and providing the ability to connect to your computer using the File Transfer Protocol is an FTP server. It can be useful for a variety of reasons, primarily to provide other users with different information to download, and it is not that difficult to configure it.
Necessary
- - computer;
- - the Internet;
- - browser;
- - GuildFTPd, WARFTPd, BullettProof FTP Server, Cerberus programs.
Instructions
Step 1
Download on the Internet and install on your computer one of the programs: GuildFTPd, WARFTPd, BullettProof FTP Server, Cerberus or Russian-language ST FTP-Service. The following description of the FTP server installation process is appropriate for the GuildFTPd program, but may work with other programs as well. You can find this software on the special portal softodrom.ru.
Step 2
Configure the main parameters of the server being created - port number, number of connections, etc. This can be done in the lower part of the main program window. All settings are made in accordance with the software requirements. It's also worth considering the streaming speed of your internet connection.
Step 3
Set your server name under Admin - Options - Server. You should also decrease the Log Level parameter, otherwise the contents of the logs will quickly fill hundreds of megabytes. If your program is in Russian, then all menu parameters will be displayed in Russian too.
Step 4
Configure external access to the server. You can organize the access policy by logins, as well as based on direct access to the directory specified by the user. You can add a user in the Admin - Add User menu. Start the server by pressing the ON button. You can also start the FTP server from the menu - Admin - Allow Logins.
Step 5
It is also worth going through the configuration of server messages, setting up bans and installing the necessary add-ons to the program. If you can't figure out the options of the program right away, use the help on the application. In general, we can say that it is not difficult to install an ftp server, the main thing is to have a good Internet connection, as well as the appropriate software.
