Installing and configuring FTP server

Perform the following steps to install and configure the FTP server.

Prerequisites

You can choose to install whichever FTP server you prefer. For more information, see your FTP server documentation for instructions on installing and configuring.

An FTP user login name, password, and directory name must be available before configuring Advanced Catalog Management and WebSphere® Commerce Server.

Installing

Perform the following steps to install an FTP server.
  1. Go to the directory where you downloaded the FTP package, for example, cd /opt/software/ftp.
  2. Run the yum install vsftpd.x86_64 command to install the FTP server.

Configuring

Perform the following steps to configure an FTP server.
  1. Go to the home directory of the non-root user, for example, wcuser and create an acm directory. For example,
    cd /home/wcuser
    mkdir acm
    This directory is used to store the xml data that is created and used by Advanced Catalog Management.
  2. Go to the /etc/init.d directory and start the FTP server. For example,
    cd /etc/init.d
    ./vsftpd start
  3. To verify that FTP is started successfully, run the chkconfig | grep ftp command. You should see the following:

    vsftpd 0:off 1:off 2:on 3:on 4:on 5:on 6:off