FTP

What is FTP ?

• File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard Internet protocol for transmitting files between computers on the Internet over TCP/IP connections.
• FTP is a client-server protocol that relies on two communications channels between client and server.
• Using FTP, a client can upload, download, delete, rename, move and copy files on a server.

Setup and configure IIS for FTP :

• Internet Information Services is a web server created by Microsoft. To configure IIS first we need to enable this feature by going to control panel.

• Open the IIS Manager and add ftp site.

   

• Give the FTP site name and physical path by browsing the files and then press OK.

   

• Select the IP Address as the assigned ip or all unassigned and we also give custom port numbers and click on next.

• Give the permissions, authentication and authorization details and click on finish.

• In site bindings we can give custom port numbers from 1024 on wards default one is 21.

• Enter the url address for ftp and give the username and password click on log in.

• If i give the custom port number as 1026 then it will look like this.