Enable the Alfresco FTP server

Sometimes it may be required to enable the Alfresco FTP server. Below are the basic steps by which one can easily enable the Alfresco FTP server:

1. Set up an FTP connection.

2. To enable FTP go to file-servers.properties file in {Tomcat-Home}\webapps\alfresco\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\subsystems\fileServers\default.

3. Open the file-servers.properties file, set ftp.enabled=true and save it.

4. Open Command Prompt.

5. Type ftp {server-name} [for eg:- ftp localhost] and press enter.

6. Enter the username and password for the an account, say the administrator account.

7. Open My Computer.

8. In the address bar, type ftp://{server-name} [for eg:- ftp://localhost ] and press enter.

9. Enter the credentials again for the account, say the administrator account.