Install and configure vsftpd for CentOS 7

This is the guide that works to enable SFTP on Ubuntu: https://www.ionos.co.uk/digitalguide/server/configuration/set-up-an-ubuntu-sftp-server/

Run these commands on your Linux box to install vsftpd:

• sudo yum makecache
• sudo yum install vsftpd
• sudo systemctl enable vsftpd
• sudo systemctl start vsftpd
• sudo systemctl status vsftpd

Install webmin as described on this article server, that will help you to manage it via a GUI:

• https://www.nazaudy.com/install-squid-webmin-and-sent-data-to-splunk-with-centos-7#Z2

If you find the problem "critical transfer error", or similar on FTP, do two things:

1) Disable SELINUX === https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/ahte/4.0?topic=troubleshooting-disabling-selinux

2) ensure the group got rw access, run this command: [root@hs-ftp2 pictures]# chmod g+rwx agencies/ -R

References

• https://linuxhint.com/setup_vsftpd_server_centos7/