Set Up vsftpd on CentOS 6 and CentOS 7

You can quickly install vsftpd on your virtual private server in the command line:

sudo yum install vsftpd

We also need to install the FTP client, so that we can connect to an FTP server:

sudo yum install ftp

Once the files finish downloading, vsftpd will be on your VPS. Generally speaking, the virtual private server is already configured with a reasonable amount of security. However, it does provide access to anonymous users.

Open up the configuration file:

sudo vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf

One primary change you need to make is to change the Anonymous_enable to No:

anonymous_enable=NO

Prior to this change, vsftpd allowed anonymous, unidentified users to access the VPS’s files. This is useful if you are seeking to distribute information widely, but may be considered a serious security issue in most other cases. After that, uncomment the local_enable option, changing it to yes.

local_enable=YES

pasv_enable=Yes
pasv_max_port=10100
pasv_min_port=10090

userlist_enable=NO
chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd/chroot_list

allow users in this file

sudo vi /etc/vsftpd/user_list

sudo chkconfig vsftpd on