Creating, securing, and configuring an FTP site

In this recipe, we will create an FTP site and create an FTP site binding. We will discuss how to set up SFTP (Secure FTP). We will also see how we can add an SSL certificate to our FTP site to make it secure and create a basic FTP site with anonymous access. We will overview the properties of the FTP site.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need a running Windows Server 2016 instance with IIS 10.0 and FTP server installed. You should also have administrative privileges.

How to do it...

1. Log in to Windows Server 2016 with an administrator account.
2. Open Server Manager.
3. You have to click on Tools and go to IIS Manager. Open IIS Manager, and right-click on WIN2016IIS, as shown here:

4. Click on Add FTP site, and you will get the FTP Site Information window, as shown here:

5. We've added an FTP site called myftp. Select the local default ftproot folder, C:\inetpub\ftproot. You can also create your own folder anywhere on the server. Click on Next...