A file manager is necessary for easy uploading and download file. However, in many free web control panel such as VestaCP and HestiaCP there is no such file manager. Therefore, many of us, face difficulty to transfer files between local computers to the webserver.
This difficulty is overcome by a free open source small software name net2ftp.
So, here we are going to install a free file manager called net2ftp in our webserver to transfer files. Here are the steps.
Install File Manager (net2ftp) on Ubuntu CentOS VPS
Step 1: Log into your server using an SSH client such as Putty.
Step 2: Go to your domain directory. For VistaCP and HestiaCP it is located at.
/home/admin/web/yourdomain.tld/public_html/Step 3: Mount the directory using command cd.
cd /home/admin/web/yourdomain.ltd/public_html/Step 4: Make a directory such as “filemanager“.
mkdir filemanagerStep 5: download net2ftp software using wget command.
wget http://www.net2ftp.com/download/net2ftp_v1.3.zipStep 5: Now extract the file net2ftp_v1.3.zip using unzip command.
unzip net2ftp_v1.3.zipStep 6: Navigate the directory /net2ftp_v1.3/.
cd net2ftp_v1.3/cd files_to_upload/Step 7: Now move all the files of /files_to_upload/ to your filemanager directory.
mv * /home/admin/web/yourdomain.tld/public_html/filemanager/Make sure you have change yourdomain.tld by your own domain name.
Step 8: Navigate to your filemanager directory.
cd ..cd ..Now you are inside the filemanager directory.
Step 9: Check whether all the files are inside the filemanager directory or not by using ls command.
ls
Step 10: Now edit settings.inc.php using your favorite editor like nano.
nano settings.inc.php
Step 11: Set your database username password inside that file. Finally, save this file.
Step 12: Change file permission of the directory temp to 777.
chmod 777 tempStep 13: Now access your filemanager at-
https://yourdoman.tld/filemanager/
Step 14: Enter your ftp login credentials to login and enjoy a free file manager.
All done. Now enjoy free file manager in VestaCP and HestiaCP.