However without creating a FTP Site, the FTP Server doesn’t listen on port 21 and you can not connect to the FTP Server. We installed FTP for IIS 7.5 and also checked/created firewall rules to allow inbound traffic necessary for serving FTP services. If these rules doesn’t exists then create them.Ĭreate a FTP Site using the FTP Site Wizard FTP Server Secure (FTP SSL Traffic-In): This rule allows inbound traffic on TCP port 990 for FTP Service over SSL.This is required for FTP Service to work in passive mode. FTP Server Passive (FTP Passive Traffic-In): This rule allows inbound traffic on TCP ports greater than 1023 for FTP Service.FTP Server (FTP Traffic-In): This rule allows inbound traffic on TCP port 21 for FTP Service.To check this follow below steps:Ĭlick Start > Administrative Tools > Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and then click on Inbound Rules and check if three inbound firewall rules exists as highlighted in below snapshot. On Installation Results page click Close to exit the Add Role Services wizard.Ĭheck Firewall Rules to Allow inbound FTP TrafficĪfter installation of FTP Server make sure that there are Inbound firewall rules in place to allow inbound FTP traffic. On Confirm Installation Selections page click Install. Select FTP Service and FTP Extensibility services from the list. In the Server Manager hierarchy pane expand Roles and then click on Web Server (IIS).Ĭlick on Add Role Services which will launch Select Role Services window as shown below. Install FTP for IIS 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2Ĭlick Start > Administrative Tools > Server Manager. In this article we are going to see how to setup a shared FTP Server for allowing clients of a Shared Web Server to transfer contents of their websites.

Before installing FTP make sure Web Server (IIS) is installed, refer Install IIS on Windows Server 2008. FTP 7.5 is tightly integrated with Web Server (IIS 7.5). In Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft FTP 7.5 is available as Role Service for Web Server (IIS 7.5). to allow their clients to upload/download/transfer files through FTP. FTP is very useful for Shared Hosting Service providers, Internet Service providers etc. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allow clients to transfer/download/upload their files using File Transfer Protocol.

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