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FileZilla

WHAT IS IT?

  • FileZilla is a free, open-source FTP client for Windows, Mac, and Linux. 

  • Easy to transfer/manage files and folders.

  • The FileZilla software program is a free-to-use (open source) FTP utility

  • Allowing a user to transfer files from a local computer to a remote computer. FFileZilla has dozens of features, including some of the below popular features.

  • FTP Client

  • FTP Server (Hotstar Server / Web Server)

FileZilla is available as a client version and a server version.

  • Open the downloaded file and install the Client and Server application.

For Creating Server

For Client

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  • Open FileZilla Server.

  • Create a user or group in order to share files and folders over FTP server.

  • This is the window you will get.

  • Click on Edit Menu > User or Group.

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  • To create a new user, click on Add.

  • Set Server name, password and all deatails & click OK.

  • On client application, the user should enter this user ID and password.

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Set details

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  • Add directories to the your server to allow the user access.

  • Click on Add button > choose the folder and click OK.

  • Open the FileZilla application, which is used as client.

  • Here your need a Host, user id and password.

  • If you have a website and you want to upload the HTML files, documents you can manipulate the data and files after connect to server.

  • This is the below window you will get after opening client software.

  • But here I already created a server on FileZilla server application.

  • Fill the field as follw:

  • Host : localhost

  • Username : birendra

  • Password : birendra

  • Port : 21 (default) no need to enter.

Enter the field to connect.

Click to connect to server.

  • This is the server window we got.

  • You can see the folder hierarchy on right.

  • Our Desktop folder hierarchy on left.

  • We can manage the files, upload the files from our PC.

REMOTE SITE

LOCAL FILES

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