How to configure an FTP server on FreeNAS

FreeNAS is a powerful operating system to build customizable NAS solutions. With this tutorial we are going to see how to configure an FTP server to allow a user or a group of users to store and download data to/from the NAS.

The configuration will take a few minutes but it’s not as intuitive as it should be.

The first step is to create the Dataset we will share via FTP:

The configuration is straightforward, be careful to correctly set the Case Sensitivity:

Go to the Users area and add a new user, the one able to access the FTP share:

Assign as home the FTP folder:

Assign to the user the write permissions to the FTP Dataset:

It’s time to configure and run the FTP server. Go to the Services area and click FTP:

Select the FTP folder, then click Ok:

Enable the FTP service:

You’re ready to use the FTP server: