Create an FTP on CentOS Web Panel (CWP)

In this article, AZDIGI will show you how to create an FTP account on CentOS Web Panel (CWP) to make transferring or editing source code more convenient.

I. Overview of CWP

CentOS Web Panel is a control panel that has both free and paid versions. Particularly with the free version, you can create user accounts with limited bandwidth depending on the level you want. As for the free version, we cannot create a Reseller only.

And with this article, I will guide users to create FTP accounts on CentOS Web Panel for convenience during use as well as provide access to website editors.

II. Create an FTP on CentOS Web Panel

To create an FTP account on CentOS Web Panel, we need to follow these 2 steps.

Step 1: Login to CentOS Web Panel with user account

To log in to CentOS Web Panel with a user account, we just need to access the following link on the browser. With login port of 2083 similar to cPanel.

https://IP:2083/
    

Remember to change IP to the IP address your CentOS Web Panel server is using.

Below is my CentOS Web Panel interface:

That’s it, we continue with step 2 to create an FTP account on CentOS Web Panel.

Step 2: Create an FTP account on CentOS Web Panel

Still at the first interface when logging in to CentOS Web Panel, you scroll down and find the File Management feature => select FTP Accounts to manage FTP accounts.

More information: The user account logged into the CentOS Web Panel is also an FTP account. However, I will click Create FTP Account to add another account.

Here you will need to enter the following information:

• Login: The FTP username you need to create. Once created, the full username will be login@domain.
• Directory: The root directory that this user is authorized to access.
• Password: You should use difficult passwords and CWP has a built-in feature that automatically generates passwords and copy them to the clipboard as soon as you create them.
• Password (Again): Re-enter the password.

And select Save to save the new FTP account.

After creating, let’s use this FTP account to connect to FileZilla.

So we have successfully created an FTP account on CentOS Web Panel.

III. Summary

With just two basic steps, you can successfully create an FTP account on CentOS Web Panel and use it right away. But don’t forget that your CentOS Web Panel access account is also an FTP account.

Hope this article will be of help to you. Wishing you success!