How to install and configure FTP on IIS 8 in Windows Server 2012 | How to setup FTP server 2012 R2

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Hello Friends,
Will teach you how to set up an FTP server in Windows 2012, I am also going to show you how to access through LAN & WAN.
Requirements
-A Windows 2012 R2 server.
-An administrative account.
1- Enable Web Server (IIS) role and FTP Server role service.
-Log in using an administrative account
-Open Server Manager
-Go to Manage - Add Roles and Features
-Click Next
-Select Role-based or feature-based installation
-Click Next
-Select your server
-Click Next.
- Scroll down and put a checkmark in Web Server (IIS)
-Add features window pops up. Put a checkmark in the Include management tools (if applicable) option
-Click Add Features button
-Click Next
-Click Next
-Click Next
-Scroll down and put a checkmark in FTP server,
-Select FTP Service and FTP Extensibility.
-Click Next
-Click Install
- installation is finished, click Close
2- Create FTP users.
-Create users in Windows in order to be able to use FTP services.
- You can use either local or domain users.
- I am creating some local users.
- If you are using domain users is, when you log in to FTP, you must use the domain/account format.
- In Server Manager go to Tools
-Click Computer Management
-Click Local Users and Groups
-Click Users
- right-click a blank area and then select New User
3- Configuring FTP global IIS settings.
It is very easy, follow the steps below:
- In Server Manager - go to Tools
Click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
- double-click the server icon (in the tree below the option Start Page)
- Select Do not show this message and click the No button
- double-click the FTP Authentication icon
-right-click Anonymous Authentication and set it to Enable.
-C lick Basic Authentication - set it to Enable.
- double-click the server icon.
- Double click the FTP Authorization Rules option
-Delete all rules in the centre pane.
-After all, rules have been deleted, right-click a blank area in the centre pane and select the option Add Allow Rule…
-Click the option Specified users.
-Check either the boxes Read or Write depending the access you want to grant.
-Click the OK button
4- Creating an FTP site.
- Open Windows Explorer
- Navigate to C:\inetpub\ftproot (default local folder )
-Create your own folder at this point if it is desired.
-Open Server Manager
-Go to Tools
-Click on Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
-In the left pane - right-click the server icon (in the tree below the option Start Page)
-lick Add FTP Site
- In FTP site name type a friendly name for your site. (My FTP Site for example)
- Physical path browse to the folder you creates Click Next
- Select the server’s IP address you want to assign to the site
-Port remains as 21 by default.
- Ensure the option Start FTP site automatically is checked
- Select the No SSL option if you are nor required to use certificates. select one of the other options.
-Click Next
- In the Authentication section, put a checkmark in Anonymous If you want to allow anonymous users.
- Select Basic to allow access to users created in Part Two.
- in the Allow access to drop-down menu, select: Specified Users
- Check the box Write to grant write access to users.
Click Finish
5- IIS Firewall setup.
- In Server Manager
- go to Tools
- Click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
- double-click the server icon (in the tree below the option Start Page)
-In the centre pane, double-click the FTP Firewall Support icon
- In the Data Channel Port Range box, make sure the value is 0-0 to use the default port range.
-Click Apply
-Close Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
6- Windows Firewall setup.
-By default, all exceptions needed for FTP are added to the Windows Firewall at the time you enable the FTP Server role.
-Open Server Manager
-Click Local Server
- In the right pane, click the hyperlink beside the Windows Firewall option. It should say Public: On (or Off).
-The Windows firewall window opens. In the left pane click Advanced Settings
- In Advanced Security window opens. In the left pane click Inbound Rules.
- In the right pane, verify there’s a rule called FTP Server (FTP Traffic-In)
-Double click this rule
-In the General tab, verify the option Enabled is checked.
-Go to the Protocols and Ports tab.
-Verify the Protocol type is TCP and the Local port value is 21.
-Go to the Advanced tab
-Make sure firewall profile: Domain, Private and Public are checked.
-Click OK button
- FTP Server Passive (FTP Passive Traffic-In) rule. Except that the local port value in this rule should be1024-65535
-FTP Server Secure (FTP SSL Traffic-In) rule. Except that the local port value in this rule should be 990
In the left pane, click Outbound Rules
- FTP Server (FTP Traffic-Out) rule. Except that the local port value in this rule should be 20
- FTP Server Secure (FTP SSL Traffic-Out) rule. Except that the local port value in this rule should be 989