"Create your own FTP Server" on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008

Submitted by shantanu on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 15:09

Hi !

I was trying to create an FTP Server for last few days. After googling a lot I finally got the process of creating an FTP server, I would like to share this helpfull knowledge of creating ftp server.

You need to have a CD of your operating system.

For Windows XP

1. Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Add remove windows components. A window will appear.

2. Check IIS(Internet Information Services) and Click on "Details" button. A new window will appear showing you sub components of IIS. Check on "File Transfer Protocol(FTP Service)", then select "OK" button on both windows.

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3. An installation process will start.

4. To verify successfull FTP server installation, Go to Start->My Computer-> "C:\Inetpub\FTPRoot"  or in the drive in which windows has been installed.

 

For Windows Server 2003

1. Start -> Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs -> Add remove windows components. A window will appear.

2. Check "Application Server" then Click on "Details" button, then Check IIS(Internet Information Services) and Click on "Details" button,  A new window will appear showing sub components of IIS. Check on "File Transfer Protocol(FTP Service)", then select "OK" button on all opened windows.

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3. An installation process will start.

4. To verify successfull FTP server installation, Go to Start->My Computer-> "C:\Inetpub\FTPRoot"  or in the drive in which windows has been installed.

 

For Windows Server 2008

1. Start -> Administrative Tools ->  Server Manager. A window will appear. 

2. On Left Site, Right Click on Roles-> Add Roles. A window appear again.

3. Server Roles-> Check on "File Services" and "Web Server(IIS)".

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3. Click on Install button and an installation process will start.

4. To verify successfull FTP server installation, Go to Start->My Computer-> "C:\Inetpub\FTPRoot"  or in the drive in which windows has been installed.

Now your FTP Server is ready to use.

To Test your FTP Server

Copy a file into FTP root folder "C:\InetPub\FTPRoot\".

 Now open your browser and type a path. ftp:\\"Path of your file with respect to ftproot folder"

eg. My ftproot folder contains a folder named "Files" and I store a file named "Contacts.txt"

Now to access this file I need to type "FTP:\\Files\Contacts.txt" on browser.

Anonymous's picture

Here is the nice article for

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 12/18/2009 - 23:44.

Here is the nice article for setting up FTP server

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Creating-Configuring-FTP.html

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