Guidance on usage: Pureftpd on Debian 13

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Configuration and connection to PureFTPd on Debian 13

Connecting and managing the server

To start the server, run the VM through the Azure Portal.

  1. For the connection to the server, you should know the IP address of the VM. You can find it in Azure’s account. You need to select the virtual machine from the list. By clicking the “Overview” item, your IP is displayed in the “Public IP Address” line.
  1. To work, you must open ports 21, 990, 30000-50000 (TCP) in the network properties in the Azure firewall.
  1. To manage with a server, you should connect to a VM.
    • With OpenSSH

In the Windows 10 operating system (starting with version 1809 ), an OpenSSH client is available, with which you can connect to Linux servers via SSH. If Windows 10 is suitable and the OpenSSH client is installed, you can start connecting via SSH. To do this, launch a normal Windows command prompt and enter the command “ssh user@*vm_ip*” (1), where “user” is the username that was specified while creating the virtual machine and “*vm_ip*” is the VM IP address.

Then, type “Yes” (2) and enter the password (3) you specified when creating the virtual machine.

  • With the PuTTY application 

To do this, you need the PuTTY application to connect via SSH. You can download it at the following link – Download

Run Putty, enter the VM address in the “Host” field (1), and click “Open” (2) to connect.

In the opened console, you’ll need to enter a username (1) and a password (2) that were specified when the VM was created (you’ll not see the password in the console while entering it). 

  1. For help managing users, type >pure-pw
  1. To create a new user type >sudo pure-pw useradd USER_NAME -u 1500 -g 1500 -d /home/USER_NAME/sharefolder (1), where USER_NAME is the name of the new FTP user. Then enter a new password (2) and confirm it (3)
  1. Create user folder:

>sudo mkdir -p /home/USER_NAME/sharefolder (1)

>sudo chown 1500:1500 /home/USER_NAME/sharefolder (2)

>sudo chmod 750  /home/USER_NAME/sharefolder (3)

  1. Then, restart the FTP server by typing >sudo pure-pw mkdb

Connecting to FTP using “FileZilla Client”

  1. To connect to PureFTPd, it is recommended to use the “FileZilla Client” application (you can download it from the link: Download FileZilla Client for Windows (64bit x86)).
  1. When connecting to the ftp server, you need to follow these steps:

In the Host (1) field, enter the VM IP address

In the Username (2) field, enter the login that was specified in point 5 of the previous section

In the Password (3) field, enter the password that was specified in point 5 of the previous section

When the data is entered, press Quickconnect (4)

After entering all the data and clicking on Quickconnect, you will successfully connect to the server. 

Now you can work with your own PureFTPd server.