This article helps you get started with TurboFTP Server quickly.

 

Install TurboFTP Server and Set Up Super Admin Account

During the installation of TurboFTP Server, you can create a super admin account, which is required to administer the TurboFTP Server either locally or remotely (you can also create or modify admin accounts under Server -> Admins tab).

 

Add a Server

By default, the Local Server has been added into the management console. If you want to manage another server (remotely) you can add that serve by right clicking on the intended Server Group node (the default Local Server is added in the Default Server Group).

 

 

Connect to TurboFTP Server

Right click on the server you want to connect to and select 'Connect to server', and in the connection dialog enter the administrator's user name and password. Click Connect to connect and log into the server management console.

 

Create New Domain

A domain has its collection and definition of users, groups and user classes. Its collection of users is defined by a single authentication source. A domain can provide different services (FTP/S, HTTP/S, or SFTP) by different combinations of IP address and port number. One TurboFTP Server instance can run multiple domains. To create a domain on the local server, right click on the 'Local Server' node and select New Domain.

 

 

1: Enter the name of the name domain, the IP it listens on, and the regular FTP port number. You can specify the port number for other services (HTTP/S, SFTP, etc) or disable the regular FTP after the domain is created.

2: Choose the authentication method to you need. The default TurboFTP Server Internal User Database. For other authentication like ODBC, Active Directory, LDAP you can test the authentication source right in the wizard.

3: Choose a folder to be the root of the domain's Virtual File System. Don't worry about accessing other folders on the Operating System beyond the root folder, as under VFS administrator can create virtual folders which link to any physical folder in the host OS file system.

 

 

Create a New User Account

1: Expand the child items under the newly created domain, right click on the Users node, and select New User. You will see the Add User Wizard shows up. Specify the username and password.

 

 

2: Select the user's home folder under the domain's Virtual File System.

 

3: You assign membership of any existing groups or user classes to the new user.

 

After adding the new user, you can modify its configurations immediately.

 

Create a New User Class Account

A user class is a collection of users of a domain. User class is used to apply connection access control. Once a user becomes a member of a user class, it has the same settings as the user class, except some user-specific settings like login password. To create a new user class, right click on the Users node, select 'New User Classes'.

 

After adding a new user class, you can assign users to it and modify the user class's connection attributes that will be applied to all all member users.

Create New User Group

A group is a collection of users of a domain. It is used exclusively to manage directory access rights. To create a user group, right click on the Groups node and select New Group.

 

If you have selected 'Launch domain immediately' in the last step of Add Domain Wizard, the domain is already up and running. After adding new user, you can connect to the FTP service using an FTP client like TurboFTP.