How To Install vsftpd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. vsftpd.x86_64 is Very Secure Ftp Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `vsftpd.x86_64`

vsftpd is a Very Secure FTP daemon. It was written completely from scratch.

We can use yum to install vsftpd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vsftpd.x86_64.

Install vsftpd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install vsftpd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vsftpd.x86_64

How To Uninstall vsftpd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the vsftpd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove vsftpd.x86_64

vsftpd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/logrotate.d/vsftpd
/etc/pam.d/vsftpd
/etc/vsftpd
/etc/vsftpd/ftpusers
/etc/vsftpd/user_list
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd_conf_migrate.sh
/usr/lib/systemd/system-generators/vsftpd-generator
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/sbin/vsftpd
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/AUDIT
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/BENCHMARKS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/Changelog
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/README.configuration
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE/vsftpd.xinetd
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD/README.configuration
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/INTERNET_SITE_NOINETD/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG/README.configuration
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/PER_IP_CONFIG/hosts.allow
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_HOSTS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_HOSTS/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/README.configuration
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/logins.txt
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS/vsftpd.pam
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS_2
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/EXAMPLE/VIRTUAL_USERS_2/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/README
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/README.security
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/REWARD
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SECURITY/DESIGN
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SECURITY/IMPLEMENTATION
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SECURITY/OVERVIEW
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SECURITY/TRUST
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SIZE
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/SPEED
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/TODO
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/TUNING
/usr/share/doc/vsftpd-3.0.2/vsftpd.xinetd
/usr/share/man/man5/vsftpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vsftpd.8.gz
/var/ftp
/var/ftp/pub

References

vsftpd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vsftpd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.