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Installing FTP server in IIS 7
Posted: May 14th, 2016
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Vista
Install FTP on a Web server when you want to let users transfer files to or from a site. By default, the FTP service is not installed on IIS 7.0, which is the version of IIS included with Windows Vista® and Windows Server® 2008.
To set up an FTP site, you must first install the FTP service through Control Panel in Windows Vista® or by using Server Manager in Windows Server® 2008. Installing the FTP service creates a default FTP site that you can then customize to your needs using IIS 6.0 Manager. A default FTP directory is created at LocalDrive:\Inetpub\Ftproot. For more information about IIS 6.0 Manager, see IIS Manager (IIS 6.0).
Prerequisites
You must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer to perform the following procedure or procedures.
You must be using a version of Windows on which FTP is supported. For information about which IIS features are supported on which versions of Windows, see Available Role Services in IIS 7.0.
Procedures
To install the FTP service on Windows Vista Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise Editions
1) On the Start menu, click Control Panel.
2) Click Programs, and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
3) In the Windows Features dialog box, expand the Internet Information Services node.
4) Expand the FTP Publishing Service node.
5) Select the FTP Management Console check box and the FTP Server check box, and then click OK.
To install the FTP service on Windows Server 2008
1) On the Start menu, click Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
2) In the Server Manager Pane, in the Roles Summary section, click Web Server (IIS).
3) In the Web Server (IIS) section, click Add Role Services.
4) Under Role services, select FTP Publishing Service. This will install the FTP service and the FTP management console.
5) Click Next, and then click Install.
> You can display more details for each process (if available), stop a process or display the services manager window by right-clicking.
> You can stop a process by selecting it and clicking on the End Task button.
> Task Manager is also useful when you want to inspect suspicious processes and open a file location.
> You can create a full memory dump to debug an application by right clicking on the relevant process.
Performance tab functions:
> You can monitor your server’s performance in real time by displaying charts on the processor, memory and network usage, and access the Resources Monitor.
> You can copy the information of a specific component (processor, memory, network card) by right clicking on the relevant tab, copying and pasting in your favorite text editor.
> To open the Resources Monitor from the Performance tab of the Task Manager, click on Open Resource Monitor (at the bottom of the screen).
> The Resource Monitor provides useful information about resource usage, in real time (processor, memory, disk, network).
Users tab functions:
> This tab is used to manage users connected to your server.
> You can view the applications and processes being utilized by a specific user, its resource usage (processor and memory in percentage or quantity).
> You can also disconnect a user or open the users account manager to change a password or general parameters (EFS certificates).
Details tab functions:
> From this tab, you can view more details about processes.
> You can terminate a process, obtain a tree structure view, define its priority, analyze dependencies, create a full memory dump and open a file location.
> The End Task button at the bottom-right of the screen lets you stop the selected process.
Services tab functions:
> From this tab, you can manage services by stopping, starting and restarting them.
> You can open the services manager utility by clicking on the Open Services button found at the bottom of the screen.