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Configure FTP on Windows VPS

Category: VPS Setup

Set up FTP on a Windows VPS using IIS—open Server Manager add the \"FTP Server\" role via Roles and Features and configure a site with

inetmgr

(run from Command Prompt) Bind it to your VPS IP enable SSL with a self-signed cert (or Let’s Encrypt later) and set a directory like C:\ftpdata Restrict access with a user—create one via

net user ftpuser Password123! /add

and assign rights in IIS Test with

ftp localhost

in CMD—expect a login prompt Open port 21 in Windows Firewall with

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=\"FTP\" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=21

This setup suits AWS Lightsail Windows plans offering GUI-based FTP without Bash though SFTP via OpenSSH is an alternative for security

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