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Install Windows FTP Server

Category: VPS Setup

Set up an FTP server—file transfer service—on a Windows VPS—enable IIS FTP via Server Manager: Roles > Web Server > FTP Server Configure site in inetmgr bind to IP set dir: C:\ftp Open port with
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=\"FTP\" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=21
On AWS Lightsail test with
ftp ip
—expect login Ensures uptime—add SSL pairs with phpMyAdmin for VPS hosting

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