Here you have the steps I followed to set up my FTP server in Windows 2012 R2. So, this is how you install and configure FTP server.This tutorial should assist with creating FTP server on Windows 2012 R2 – Depend on your version – Your setting might be slightly different.Įven there are too many free third-party tools like Filezilla that provide a client access to FTP serve. You can also use FTP client like, FileZillato access the FTP server from client machine. You can see the file and folder in the FTP server. Here, I had already created username called JCorner in active directory.Īfter clicking the Log On button you can see the files in the FTP server. Enter the username and password which was created in AD Users and Computers. Now the FTP server will ask for username and password. Then click View and click Open FTP site in File Explorer. Now, press ALT key in you keyboard which will show the menu bar. Now browse FTP server from the client machine. Check both read and write under permissions. Under authorization, select all users to allow FTP access to all users of the domain. You can create users in IIS after installing Management Server under Management Tools which is in Web Server (IIS) role. By default, basic authentication matches username/password from Active Directory database or you can create user accounts in IIS. Basic authentication doesn’t use encryption mechanism so username/password are sent in clear text. Choose No SSL and click Next.Ĭhoose Basic for authentication. This IP address will be used by client to access the FTP server. The IP address must match the address configured in the network adapter of this server. Now click Next.Ĭonfigure the IP address of this server. These files will be accessed via FTP client by users. Create some files in the folder for test purpose. Configure the folder where the files will be stored. Right-click the sites and click Add FTP Site. Click Finish on the Confirmation window.Īfter installing FTP server role, open the Internet Information Services (IIS) console. We don’t need to add any features, so click Next again. Please note you have to install IIS role if you do not see FTP Server role option.

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