Creating a FTP Website in IIS
Contents
Goals................................................................................................................................................ 2
Creating
a FTP User.......................................................................................................................... 2
Creating
a New FTP Website from IIS Manager................................................................................ 3
Logging
into FTP Site........................................................................................................................ 4
Conclusion........................................................................................................................................ 5
Goals
This
guide will help you to create a FTP website in IIS and be able to upload
content onto your server. Microsoft FTP service is installed along with the IIS
web server role and integrates with IIS 7.0. You can either create a new FTP site
or add FTP publishing into an existing IIS website.
Creating a FTP User
Before
you start creating a FTP site, you will have to create one or more FTP users
who will have permission to access the FTP site. These users are local users.
Follow the steps below to create a FTP user from the Computer Management console:
1.
Login
to your Windows VPS server via Remote Desktop.
2.
Click
Start and then click Administrative Tools. Double-click Computer
Management. This will open the Computer Management console.
3.
In
the console, expand the Local Users and Groups menu.
4.
Right-click
the Users folder and select the New User… option.
5.
In
the New User dialog box, enter the following fields: User name, Full
name, Description, Password, and Confirm Password.
Make sure to enter a strong password that is at least 8 characters long and
composed of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and special characters. Uncheck
the box User must change password at next logon. Then, click the Create
button. This will bring back the New User dialog box, where you can
simply click the Close button.
6.
You
will now see the new FTP user you just created in the Users folder. You
will be providing this user with permission to access your FTP site.
Creating a new FTP Website from IIS
Manager
The
FTP service makes it easy to create a new FTP site by using the wizard to walk
through all the required steps. Note that the default path of the FTP site is
“%SystemDrive%\inetpub\ftproot”
1.
Login
to your Windows VPS server via Remote Desktop.
2.
Click
Start and then click Administrative Tools. Double-click Internet
Information Services (IIS) Manager. This will open the IIS Manager console.
3.
In
the Connections pane, you will see your server name. Please expand it by
clicking on the '+' sign.
7.
In
the same Connections pane, right-click the Sites folder and then
click the Add FTP Site… option.
8.
In
the Add FTP Site dialog box, type a friendly name for your FTP site in
the FTP site name field.
9.
In
the Content Directory section, click the browse button (...) next to the
Physical path field to which the FTP site is associated. You will have
to create a new folder under “C:\inetpub\ftproot” directory before doing this.
10. On the next page
of the wizard:
·
Choose
an IP address for your FTP site from the IP Address drop-down menu.
·
Enter
the TCP/IP port for the FTP site in the Port field. The default port is
21.
·
Do
not check the Enable Virtual Host Names check box.
·
In
the SSL section, select the Allow SSL option and under SSL Certificate
drop-down menu, set the option as Not Selected.
·
Now
click Next.
11. On the next page
of the wizard:
·
Select
Basic as your Authentication option.
·
In
the Authorization section, from the Allow access to: drop-down
menu, please select Specified users. In the field below, please specify
the FTP user.
·
In
the Permissions section, select the appropriate permissions you want to
give the user: Read only, Write only, or Read and Write.
12. Now that you
have completed the configuration of your site, you will find your FTP site in
the Sites folder.
Logging into FTP Site
Once
the FTP user and the FTP site are created you can use their login details to
access your FTP site. You may use a command prompt session to access the FTP site
or use your own third party FTP client software for access.
In
case of using the command prompt to make sure the FTP service is running on
your local machine, please type the following command to connect to your
server:
FTP
ServerIP
Then,
when you are prompted for a username, enter your FTP user. When prompted for a
password, enter the password.
Apart
from using the command prompt, you can use other third party FTP client
software such as FileZilla, WinFTP, etc.
Conclusion
Now
you have successfully created your FTP website using IIS. You can upload your
site content onto the server via your FTP connection. If you encountered any
issues with this guide, please also note that there is additional information
available in our Wiki database at http://myhosting.com/kb. Finally, we
encourage you to contact our technical support team by email at
vps@myhosting.com, or calling us at 1-866-289-5091 with any questions or
concerns.
