Thulsa Doom Posted February 18, 2023 Share Posted February 18, 2023 Hello everyone! Tell me how to set up an FTP server on your domain? Quote Link to comment
SlrG Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 @Thulsa Doom You don't need the Webserver functionality to setup a FTP server. It was used to edit the proftpd.conf and configure the FTP server from the plugins settings page. Some unRAID security updates broke this functionality a long time ago and it has been broken since then. I have sadly no time to work on this plugin any longer. If you want to use the FTP server, only the first setting you have already enabled is relevant. Just edit the proftpd.conf from the shell using vi or nano or by accessing your boot drive from any linux, windows or mac system you have, where you can use a text editor of your choice. Afterwards don't forget to reboot the FTP server, so the new settings get activated. Read through the thread to find how to error check your config and how to enable encryption. Be aware, that as FTP is by default an unencrypted protocol, it is not recommended to expose it to the internet. @all I stopped using unRAID myself so I can't support this plugin any further. If other developers want to take over, feel free to use my code. Thank you all for your support over the years. ❤️ Quote Link to comment
kricker Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 @SlrG Thanks for everything you have done with this plugin. It is very much appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment
kricker Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 Is there any way that accessing the FTP server too much would cause it to restart? When not home I am trying to watch my media files remotely using the FTP server as my access. It seems to work quite well, but on occasion it seems I loose access to the server. It may just be random Internet issues, but would I see anything in logs somewhere? Quote Link to comment
SlrG Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 @kricker I would guess that if it crashes because of heavy access over the net, it would crash locally, too. If you hammer it locally and there are no issues, I would suspect the internet connection drops. Do you use a vpn to access your server? Goes this tunnel down, too and if not, does your server itself stay up or does the whole unraid server crash? By default proftpd logs to the syslog, so in theory you could look there, if there is anything unusual. Quote Link to comment
kricker Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Thanks. I'll check the syslog. I was out of town and things acted a bit odd but I think there were internet issues. Quote Link to comment
SlrG Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 @kricker Please let me know, if you find anything unusual. Quote Link to comment
DrRooo Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 @SlrG First off thanks for everything you have done for this plugin, I am pretty much a newbie to this stuff and your support is greatly appreciated. I successfully set up my ftp server following this tutorial (I did change the port from 21 to something less obvious) The server works perfectly on my local network, however, as soon as I try to access it from outside the local network, I get the error attached. I'm looked up the error and most issues seem to stem from a firewall or other things I don't understand. Do you know what could be causing this and if there is an easy fix? Quote Link to comment
kricker Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) @DrRooo Have you setup the MasqueradeAddress and Passive ports in your proftp.conf file? # using a DNS name MasqueradeAddress xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx # NAT ports should be safe... PassivePorts ##### ##### Where xxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx is your DNS name (which you can use DuckDNS to get one if you don't already have a static IP or DNS name) and ##### ##### are the passive ports used to connect to the FTP server. An exampl would be something like this: # using a DNS name MasqueradeAddress myserver.duckdns.org # NAT ports should be safe... PassivePorts 50500 50525 Those passive ports then need to be added into your router's port forwarding to go to the local IP of your UnRaid server. You also need to make sure that port 21 (or whatever you changed it to) also is directed to the UnRaid server within the router's port forwarding. Edited March 21, 2023 by kricker 1 Quote Link to comment
DrRooo Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 @kricker Thanks, that was super easy, just had no idea where to start, everything works perfectly now! 1 Quote Link to comment
remati Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 It seems Community Apps has marked this plugin as Deprecated. Any other alternatives to this plugin available? Quote Link to comment
kricker Posted August 17, 2023 Share Posted August 17, 2023 (edited) It still works just fine. Just no longer being actively developed. But as they say, if it's not broke, don't fix it! Edited September 11, 2023 by kricker Quote Link to comment
MJA Inc. Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I thought I found the perfect ftp-tool for me and now it is in apps in Unraid not available anymore. 😢 Quote Link to comment
SlrG Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 @MJA Inc. The second install option from the first post should still work, I think. @all If anyone want's to pick up my work, you're welcome! It is open source, feel free to use it. 2 Quote Link to comment
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