Guide – How To Start – Pure-FTPd – FTP Server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on Amazon

The server can run with privilege separation for paranoid security. It can even run 100% non-root, with its built-in emulation and virtual accounts. Transmission of cleartext passwords and commands can be avoided: Pure-FTPd has optional support for an SSL/TLS encryption layer using the OpenSSL library.

This is a quick deployment and ready-to-run image.
Simple and rapid installation. Easy to maintain.

The guide how to work with the Pure-FTPd – FTP Server on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

After purchasing and starting the VM you should know its IP address. You can find it in the personal account of Amazon.

To connect to the Server, you should generate a “Private Key” in advance. This can be done using the following instruction (by choosing the “file format:” option “.ppk” in point 3)

Guide – How To – Create and use Key Pair to connect to a VM

1. Go to section SSH on the left panel, and then in Auth

2. In the “Auth” section, click “Browse” and specify the path to the .ppk file you received earlier.
3. Go to the home page of “Session”, enter the IP address of the VM and click “Open”.

4. In the opened console you will need to enter the login ubuntu.
5. To work, you must open the following ports:
   21(TCP), 22(TCP), 30000-50000(TCP)
6. Use a self-signed certificate along the path:

/etc/ssl/private/pure-ftpd.pem

7. Create a directory by sudo mkdir /etc/ftproot command
8. Create a user by sudo pure-pw useradd usertest -u 1500 -g 1500 -d /etc/ftproot/ command where usertest  is the name
9. Enter a password and confirm it
10. Apply the changes by sudo pure-pw mkdb command
11. To view the users list, use sudo pure-pw list command
12. To delete a user, use sudo pure-pw userdel username command
13. To create a user with a separate catalogue, you can sequentially  use the following commands:

1)sudo pure-pw useradd username -u 1500 -g 1500 -d /etc/ftproot/username

2)mkdir /etc/ftproot/username

3)chown 1500:1500 /etc/ftproot/username

4)sudo pure-pw mkdb

Client FTP Software

Users can use any FTP Client to allow clients to connect. One of the best solutions is to choose FileZilla’s FTP Client.

In the host field you should insert ftpes://YourVM’sIP

And your username and password

After starting the connection, a window with a certificate will appear, there you must check the box <Always trust certificate> and click <OK>.

After that, you will be connected to the FTP server.