How to set up FTP on Azure VM

Question

I need some help setting up FTP on my Azure VM instance.

The VM is Windows Server 2012 R2. I have set up the Web Server Role and created an FTP site in IIS. I have

Answer 1

After straggling for a while with the 15-points list above, I got the message MS are trying to pass - "No (easy) FTP for you"...

So I went back to the good-old & open Linux world - set up an SCP server using Cygwin. You even get a remote shell as a bonus...

1) Run the Cygwin installer - https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe

2) In 'Select Packages' search for

• cygrunsrv (select the one under 'Admin')
• openssh (select the one under 'Net)

3) When done, start the Cygwin Terminal, and type:

• ssh-host-config -y -pwd S0me-Str0ng-pa55w0rd

• cygrunsrv -S sshd

4) From the Azure VM add an SSH endpoint

5) In Windows FireWall, add Inbound Rule for TCP port 22

And viola - you can connect using WinSCP, Notepad++ and Putty of course...

Notes:

• Unix is case sensitive, so type your user in exact case, e.g. Administrator with capital A
• Your drives are under /cygdrive (c:\ is at /cygdrive/c etc)

Good luck!