Transfer files through FTP

 

FTP: Its a standard network protocol used for the transfer of computer files between a client and server on the computer network. FTP is built on a client-server model architecture using separate control and data connections between client and the server.

protocol: Set of rules used by computers to communicate

default FTP port: 21

in this lecture we need 2 linux vms:

client: myfirstlinuxvm

server: linuxcentos7

login to server linuxcentos7:

1.become root.

2 rpm -qa| grep vsftpd: check if the ftp is installed or not

3. ping www.google.com: check if internet is working or not in the server.

4.yum install vsftpd: install ftp package if not installed. 5. rpm -qa | grep vsftpd: check if the ftp is installed or not.

6. cd /etc/vsftpd: go to vsftpd folder in etc directory.

7. ls -Itr: list out the content of vsftpd folder. (we need vsftpd.conf file).

8. cp -p vsftpd.conf vsftpd.conf.org: take the backup of the vsftpd.conf file. 9.vi vsftpd.conf: edit the file and make the following changes:

anonymous enable=YES (make this yes to no).

uncomment the below lines:

ascii_upload_enable=YES

ascii download_enable=YES

ftpd_banner=Welcome to FTP service.

Go to end of the file and add the below line:

use_localtime=YES

10. systemctl start vsftpd: start the vsftpd service

11. systemctl status vsftpd: check the status of the vsftpd service. 12. systemctl enable vsftpd: enable the service at the boot time.

13. systemctl stop firewalld stop the firewall 14. systemctl disable firewalld: disable the firewall at boot time.

15. systemctl status firewalld: check the status of the firewall.

login to the client myfirstlinuxvm:

1.login and become root

2.ping www.google.com: check the internet connectivity.

3. yum install ftp install ftp package (vsftpd package is for the server side)

4. become the normal user and go to home directory

5.touch kruger: create the file named kruger

6. write something in the kruger file

7.we need to transfer this krugar file from client to server.

8. ftp 192.168.1.58 (ip of the server): it will connect to the server.

9. It will open the ftp program.

10. put kruger: send the kruger from client to server.

11. bye: exit from ftp program

12. check the file in server if it is transfered or not.