How to Setup Free FTP Server using Filezilla Server
How to install / configure FileZilla Server 
- Download installer for FileZilla Server from the following URL -https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1&type=server
- Once the file which is downloaded. 
- Double click on the installer EXE file to install FileZilla server.
- Accept the lincense agreement 

- On the next screen, select the path where you want to install the Filezilla server.
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.- On the Startup Settings screen, select "Install as service,
started with windows (default)", different port for the server and click "Next"

- Here we choose how the Filezilla servers should start and server interface should be started.

- It will install the FileZilla server. It will show "Connect to Server" screen. Select "Always connect to this server" check box and click OK.

- FileZilla server interface will be presented. You can also open this from the shortcut created on desktop.

- Filezilla server is ready here we have to set the default port where the client can access the server and also add the users to whom the servers is accessible.
- Go to Edit -> Settings, Here we can change default listen port if you want to change I choose Port 21 for myself.

- Select "Passive mode settings" on the left hand side on the settings dialog box and update the port range on the right hand side.

- Click OK to save settings.
- Go to Edit -> Users, Add the user names and users you want to add.

- Here We can set the FTP directory where the FTP users can access and give the users that allow them to add / edit / delete permission.

- Click OK to save the settings and now the FTP server is ready if you want to access the server.
- Open the ports in the Windows Firewall by adding ports 20- 21 and if you have changed any passive mode setting,  please add that ports so that firewall ftp 
- Open any browser of your choice and open ftp://192.168.0.1 (IP address of the FTP server).

- Please provide the user name and password which you have created at the setup time.
- After the login successful the screen looks like this.

Keywords: File Server, Filezilla, FTP Server
 
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