Guide – How To Start – Filezilla Secured FTP Server for Windows 2019

Connection to Filezilla® Secure FTP on Windows Server 2019

      To start the server, start the virtual machine through Azure

Configuring the server

1. For the VM to work, TCP ports 21, 990, 14147, and 50000 – 51000 must be open. You can check this in the VM’s Network settings.

2. To connect to the virtual machine, run the “Remote Desktop Connection” shortcut “Win + R”. In the window that appears, enter “mstsc” and click “OK”.

3. In the window that appears, enter the IP of the virtual machine and click “Connect”.

4. In the window that appears, enter your username and password and click “OK”.
   
5. Check the box and click “Yes”.

6. After the VM startup, Administer FileZilla Server runs automatically. If not, run the FileZilla server using the Administer FileZilla Server shortcut on the desktop.

7. Click Connect to Server

8. You can set a password or log in without one.

9. On the Administration interface, click Server -> Network Configuration Wizard

10. Click Next

11. Check the data and click Next

12. Enter your VM IP and click Next

13. Check the data and click Next

14. You can skip the next step and click Finish to set up the server

15. Click Server -> Configure

16. Click Users -> Add and enter the name of the new user

17. In the Authentication dropdown, select the desired item to connect with a password

18. Enter a password (1), click Add (2), enter Virtual path as “\” (3), enter Native path (4), select Create native directory if it does not exist (5), and click OK (6).

The created user can now connect to the selected folder.

Before the client connects, make sure the Windows Firewall rules match the VM inbound port rules.

Connecting to the server

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

1. To connect to FileZilla’s FTP Client, you should enter the IP of your VM in the Host field (1), the Username (2), and the Password (3) from step 18 of the previous chapter into the corresponding fields as well. Then click Quickconnect (4)

2. After starting the connection, a window with a certificate will appear, accept the certificate by clicking OK

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