


I am using Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS as my Linux distribution. I am assuming that you are running a Linux operating system distribution like Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RedHat or Fedora. We will use vsftpd so that it act like a FTP service on a server and hence we will call it FTP server. Your friend then can use a FTP client to download the file. So, you can upload your files on a FTP server that you have and you can provide a url/link of that file to your friend to download. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer computer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet or over LAN (Local Area Network). Today, we will walk thorough how to install, configure and test an ftp server.
