FTP Server Installation on OracleLinux 7

Create FTP User

[root@docker] $ useradd ftp-user
[root@docker] $ passwd ftp-user
[root@docker] $ mkdir -p /var/nfs/ftp_dir
[root@docker] $ chown ftp-user /var/nfs/ftp_dir
[root@docker] $ chmod 755 /var/nfs/ftp_dir

Install FTP Module

[root@docker] $ rpm -qa vsftpd
[root@docker] $ rpm -ivh /run/media/holuser/OL-7.5\ Server.x86_64/Packages/vsftpd-3.0.2-22.el7.x86_64.rpm
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:vsftpd-3.0.2-22.el7              ################################# [100%]

Install FTP Module via yum

sudo yum -y install vsftpd

Configuration FTP Server

[root@docker] $ cd /etc/vsftpd/
[root@docker] $ cp vsftpd.conf vsftpd.conf.original
[root@docker] $ vi vsftpd.conf

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

# anonymous_enable=YES
anonymous_enable=NO

# idle_session_timeout=600
idle_session_timeout=600

userlist_enable=YES
# tcp_wrappers=YES
tcp_wrappers=NO
pasv_enable=YES
# pasv_address=127.0.0.1
force_dot_files=YES
user_config_dir=/etc/vsftpd/user_conf
userlist_deny=NO

# chroot_local_user=NO
# chroot_list_enable=YES
# chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list
chroot_local_user=NO
chroot_list_enable=YES
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

[root@docker] $ mkdir /etc/vsftpd/user_conf
[root@docker] $ cd user_conf
[root@docker] $ vi ftp-user

/etc/vsftpd/ftp-user

local_root=/var/nfs/ftp_dir

[root@docker] $ vi /etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

ftp-user

Configuration FTP Server Service

[root@docker] $ chkconfig --list vsftpd
[root@docker] $ chkconfig vsftpd on
[root@docker] $ chkconfig --add vsftpd

Startup FTP Server

[root@docker] $ service vsftpd status
[root@docker] $ service vsftpd start

Check log file (Optional)

[root@docker] $ tail -f /var/log/xferlog

Confirm FTP Server Access

CMD> ftp <FTP-HOST>
USER (FTP-HOST:(none)): ftp-user
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
ftp> pwd
257 "/var/nfs/ftp_dir"
ftp> quit