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How to set an IPv6 FTP server on CentOS 7

Posted April 14, 2015 5k views
CentOS Configuration Management IPv6

Due to the limitation of IPv4 in my campus. I need an IPv6 FTP server to share files(e.g. teacher’s PPT, experiment video) among my class. Vsftpd, proftpd or pureftpd any of them is fine. But, I don’t know how to set them to use IPv6. Would anybody like to teach me? Appreciate a lot.

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asb April 14, 2015

In most cases, there isn’t any reason to set up an FTP server as your droplet will already have SSH running, allowing you to connect via SFTP by default.

FileZilla should support connecting to SFTP via IPv6 with the server’s username and password. The port field will be 22. In the host field, use the IPv6 address assigned to your droplet. This can be found in the droplet’s Settings tab in the DigitalOcean control panel. The address should be in between brackets, like:

[2404:6800:4003:803::1006]

Of course, your local network will need to support IPv6 as well. You can test that using this site.

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kamaln7 April 15, 2015

I believe ProFTPd listens on all interfaces/addresses, including IPv6, by default. Here’s a HowToForge tutorial on installing ProFTPd on CentOS 7: How to install ProFTPD on CentOS 7.0,

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