VSFTPD (Very Secure File Transport Protocol Daemon) is an open source for uploading files to a server. Its very fast and secure files transfer.

Install : 

To install vsftpd package using yum command, 

# yum install vsftpd

Find the vsftpd location,
 
# whereis vsftpd
vsftpd: /usr/sbin/vsftpd /etc/vsftpd /usr/share/man/man8/vsftpd.8.gz

Configure file Path

/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

Users that are not allowed to login via ftp

/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers

For users that are denied.

user_list

FTP log path

/var/log/xferlog

Enable a service to be started on bootup time
 
# systemctl enable vsftpd.service

To start vsftpd,
 
# systemctl start vsftpd.service 

How to Configure,

Create a user name and set password,
 
# useradd ftpusers

# passwd ftpusers

Assign the directory path to that user, chnage port number  in your configuration file. Open vsftpd.conf
 
# /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf


# log path 

xferlog_file=/var/log/xferlog



pam_service_name=vsftpd

userlist_enable=YES

tcp_wrappers=YES

                



# location to upload files on server

local_root=/var/www/html/ftpusers

# Allow local users to login, local_enable set to 'YES'

local_enable=YES

# Allow local users to be enable write to a directory  write_enable set to 'YES'

write_enable=YES

listen=YES



#Change ftp port

listen_port=2112

Once configured restart your vsftpd,
 
# systemctl restart vsftpd

vsftpd allow through the firewall
 
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=2112/tcp

Restart firewall,
 
# firewall-cmd --reload

Once you connected the FTP check the log using tail command,
 
# tail -f /var/log/xferlog

Check your FTP connection which is pointing to port number,
  
# netstat -anp | grep ftp


tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:2112                0.0.0.0:*

LISTEN      20841/vsftpd