Can I install FTP after the HestiaCP installation?

[alixasac]

Hello, the thing is that I installed HestiaCP and at the moment of selecting the modules at Install | Hestia Control Panel, I didn’t select vsftpd or proftpd.

How can I enable FTP functionality after the installation of HestiaCP?

[sahsanu]

Hello @alixasac,

HestiaCP doesn’t support “yet” to add/remove packages after installation but, you could install it manually. I could write a script for you to install vsftpd so, tell me your operating system and whether you installed iptables+fail2ban. I’m a bit busy today so I don’t know when I could have free time to write it, so be patient

Cheers,
sahsanu

[eris]

apt install vsftpd

cp -f /usr/local/hestia/install/deb/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf /etc/
touch /var/log/vsftpd.log
chown root:adm /var/log/vsftpd.log
chmod 640 /var/log/vsftpd.log
touch /var/log/xferlog
chown root:adm /var/log/xferlog
chmod 640 /var/log/xferlog
update-rc.d vsftpd defaults > /dev/null 2>&1
systemctl start vsftpd >> $LOG
check_result $? “vsftpd start failed”

Open port 21,12000-12100

And Update in /usr/local/hestia/conf/hestia.conf
Edit: FTP_SYSTEM=‘’ to FTP_SYSTEM=‘vsftpd’

[sahsanu]

@eris already post the steps but to do it a bit user friendly and avoid problems with functions and variables, I’ve created a script (the script also enables rules for fail2ban).

Create a file like this in your hestiacp server:

touch /root/install-vsftpd-hestia
chmod 750 /root/install-vsftpd-hestia

Now edit the file /root/install-vsftpd-hestia, with vi, nano, or whatever editor you are used to use and paste below content:

#!/usr/bin/env bash
HESTIA="/usr/local/hestia"
BIN="${HESTIA}/bin"

# Install vsftpd
if ! apt -y install vsftpd; then
        echo "Error installing vsftpd, I can't continue"
        exit 100
fi

# Add conf and configure logs
cp -f "$HESTIA"/install/deb/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf /etc/
touch /var/log/vsftpd.log
chown root:adm /var/log/vsftpd.log
chmod 640 /var/log/vsftpd.log
touch /var/log/xferlog
chown root:adm /var/log/xferlog
chmod 640 /var/log/xferlog
update-rc.d vsftpd defaults &>/dev/null
echo "Conf and logs for vsftpd created"

# Start vsftpd service
if systemctl start vsftpd; then
        echo "vsftpd start successfull"
else
        echo "vsftpd start failed"
fi

# IF firewall rule doesn't exist, add it
if ! "$BIN"/v-list-firewall | grep -q '21,12000-12100'; then
        "$BIN"/v-add-firewall-rule ACCEPT '0.0.0.0/0' '21,12000-12100' TCP FTP
        echo "Firewall rule created for ports 21,12000-12100"
fi

# Change FTP_SYSTEM variable
sed -i "s/FTP_SYSTEM=.*/FTP_SYSTEM='vsftpd'/g" "$HESTIA"/conf/hestia.conf
echo "FTP_SYSTEM variable changed to vsftpd in hestia.conf"

# If fail2ban is installed, enable vsfptd-iptables rules
jail_local="/etc/fail2ban/jail.local"
if [[ -e "$jail_local" ]]; then
        fline=$(grep -n vsftpd-iptables -A 2 "$jail_local")
        fline=$(echo "$fline" | grep enabled | tail -n1 | cut -f 1 -d -)
        sed -i "${fline}s/false/true/" "$jail_local"
        systemctl restart fail2ban
        echo "Rule for vsftpd enabled in jail.local and fail2ban service restarted"

else
        echo "Seems fail2ban is not installed"
fi

echo "Done!"

Save the file and execute it

/root/install-vsftpd-hestia

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
sahsanu

[alixasac]

So, do these steps work for Ubuntu 20.04?

thank you

[eris]

Yes it should not matter…