Thursday, February 26, 2015

Configure Cerberus FTP Server

Cerberus FTP Server comes in four different editions. They are Personal, Standard, Professional, and Enterprise editions.
Cerberus FTP server early version was free for personal use. It is a smart ftp server with lots of useful features and simple configuration steps depicted below.
Download the setup file and run the setup.exe
http://www.cerberusftp.com/ 

Running the Setup

image
image
image
image
image

Running the setup Wizard

Once the installation successful open the FTP client.




image
Select the appropriate version if  you are using the free version use Personal Use, if paid version go for Profit entity.
image
If you need to enable anonymous tick the anonymous , if not create a user. Anyway you can manage users later
image
Click Yes.
image
image
If you would like to enable SSL/TLS tick here, that will create a self sign certificate and enable the SSL. If not click Finish.
image

Customize Server Configuration

To Customize the server configuration click on “Configuration” and then Server Manager
image
Change the settings if required.
image
It if very important to enable login details as much as possible for troubleshooting and auditing purposes.
image
Configure the interfaces, with this configuration if you are behind a NAT firewall you will need to use location IP address. Apply same settings to default interface as well.
image
If you need to enable SSL\TLS or change the SSL settings do it here
image
Enable the web access and configure password to access the ftp server from the network
image
Customize the Messages
image
image
Define the Port rage if you are using PASV mode and tick the install as service
image
Click OK to close the window.

Managing Users

image
click on new to create users
image
Define the user name, setup a password define a home folder
image
Map the home folder and assign appropriate permission to the user.
image
To delete users select the user and click the “Delete” button. To disable the account tick the “Account is Disabled.”
image
Once user configuration done click, “Close”
If you are behind a TMG firewall you need to create publishing rule in TGM.
If you are behind a Routed then need to create port forwarder in the router



Thanks
@ Roshan