Install an FTP Server. FileZilla

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There is  many FTP server that you can find for free. You can install FTP server as a role in microsoft windows.

In this article, we will show the installation steps for Filezilla Server. It is very easy

The first thing, you need to download Filezilla FTP Server, go to this link
https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=server

And click on the download button.
You get an executable file

So we double click, if we are on windows 7 or later, we will prompted for the autorisation to execute the software, so we click on yes.
Then we find the licensing agreement, we read the licensing agreement and then we click on "I agree".

The second step, we will prompted to choose the components that we need to install. By default 4 are selected. Only the source code is not selected. For normal FTP usage, we don't need the source code. So we keep the default selections. The most important components are the FileZilla server and the Admin interface

Then we will be prompted to choose the installation location. I usually keep the location by default. If you would like to choose a new location. Don't worry about the data files, because you can specify (in the configuration) where is the FTP storage is located.

Then you need to set some parameters. The Admin port. I usually leave the Admin port as default (14147). Also make sure that the option "Install as service, started with windows(default)" is the one selected. Because If filezilla is installed as service, it will be independant from users and users action. The FileZilla FTP server will start when windows startup.

Then choose how the admin interface will startup. The default is to start whenever user logs on. And it applies to all users. If you don't want to see the Admin interface pop-up each time you log in to windows, so you better choose to not start the Admin interface when user log on.  The option if kept "Start Interface after setup completes" will show you an idea of what will be started each time a user logon. I kept the default.

Here is is the Admin Interface

The server address is the localhost (which is the PC we are working on) , and we have a port number. So If I click on OK, I will get to the admin interface.

Note: The Admin interface can be installed on a separate PC. So let's say the FTP Filezilla server has been installed (with default port-number 14147) on PC-A with IP address 192.168.1.1, and the Admin interface is installed on PC-B with IP address 192.168.1.2. If I open the Admin interface on PC-B, in the server Adress, I type "192.168.1.1" and the port 14147, i will be able to  manage the FileZilla Server on PC-A. That's why it is important to protect FileZilla Administration with an Administration Password.

In the next Article, we will explain about the configuration of a Filezilla FTP server.

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