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Install vsftpd on Debian

Category: VPS Setup

Set up vsftpd on a Debian VPS for FTP—install with

apt update && apt install vsftpd

then edit /etc/vsftpd conf with

nano /etc/vsftpd.conf

Enable local users (local_enable=YES) writing (write_enable=YES) and SSL (ssl_enable=YES) generating a cert with

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/vsftpd.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.crt

Restart with

systemctl restart vsftpd

and open ports with

ufw allow 20 && ufw allow 21

Test with

ftp ip

—expect a secure login prompt On Linode this ensures encrypted file transfers integrating with phpMyAdmin uploads securely