You will see all running network services on the machine. You can check if the FileZilla server is running with the netstat command. The default path is C:\Program Files (x86)\FileZilla Server. Don’t worry, you can manually run it at any time. Of course, you can’t run automatically the administration console on the Core server version.
#FTP SERVER SOLUTION INSTALL#
I advise you to install the administration console on the local server. Moreover, no password after the installation. You should keep in mind that you cannot access from a remote location without the FileZilla server administrator password. We will install the software, register a service and service will start automatically.
#FTP SERVER SOLUTION FULL#
When installation process prompt for the startup parameters, you need to choose them in the same way as when installing in the full GUI environment. You can check my previous post for additional details about the installation process. I run the installation package from the CD (the E: drive in my case) and… voila! We can install the FTP server as usual. Therefore, I made an ISO image with an installation of the FileZilla Server.
I opted for the first method in this demonstration.
#FTP SERVER SOLUTION SOFTWARE#
In the Core server we can transfer software either over the CD/DVD disk or using command line tools. You should the latest version of the FileZilla Server. Although I used the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard Core in this demonstration, you can also use a Windows Server 2012 R2 Core or Windows 2016 Core. I would recommend you to install integration services for the virtual environment. I installed the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core as the VM in the Oracle VirtualBox. Therefore, we can install these applications in the same way you would install them on the full Windows Server. The good news is that you can run some graphical installations inside this limited environment. It’s primary intended to be administered remotely. The Windows Server Core has a very limited graphical shell with the command prompt. In addition, there are fewer targets that can be exploited and attacked. The Windows Server Core has less exposed services. We shouldn’t overlook the security aspect of such solution. In addition, today, when most of the servers are virtualized, we can have higher density of the VMs per a virtualization host. The benefit of such solution is that we will need less resources on the server side.
Now we have the solution – the FileZilla FTP server running on the Windows Server Core. Therefore, we do not need the GUI on the server side. The whole process of graphic representation of available data is carried out on the client side. In addition, the entire process of data exchange via FTP protocol does not require any server-side visualization. However, when we need a larger amount of the traffic or to server more users, the server side solution is only reasonable choice. The desktop side solution is useful for a small installations. We can use it either as a desktop side solution or as a full server side solution. FileZilla FTP server is a very popular open-source solution.
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