Category: Dedicated Server (EN)

To use a server effectively, it’s important to know the relevant network ports. These ports allow communication between different services and applications. Below is a list of common ports often used on Linux and Windows servers.

Would you like to set up an FTP server on your Windows server? With FileZilla Server, it’s very easy. In this guide, I will show you step by step how to proceed and how to assign specific folder permissions to a user.

Guide

Step 1: Download and install FileZilla Server

1. Visit the FileZilla website and download the latest version of FileZilla Server.
2. Run the installation file and follow the installation instructions. Make sure to keep the default ports.

Step 2: Configure FileZilla Server

1. Start FileZilla Server and open the admin interface.
2. Log in using the default information (if you kept the default values during installation).

Step 3: Create a user

1. In the admin interface, click on “Edit” and then on “Users”.
2. In the new window, click on “Add” and enter a username. Confirm with “OK”.
3. Select the newly created user and go to “Shared folders”.

Step 4: Set folder permissions

1. Click on “Add” under “Shared folders” and select the directory that the user should have access to.
2. Set the permissions for the user, such as read, write, delete, etc.

Step 5: Set a password

1. While you have the user selected in the “Users” window, go to “General”.
2. Enable the checkbox “Password”.
3. Enter a secure password and confirm it. Example:

• Username: ftpuser
• Password: SecurePassword123!

Step 6: Start and test the server

1. Click “OK” to save the changes.
2. Start the FileZilla Server by clicking on “Server” and then “Start” in the admin interface.
3. Test the FTP connection with an FTP client by entering the IP address of your server, the username, and the password.

Important note about the firewall

Don’t forget to open the required ports in your firewall. Here is a helpful guide: Open Windows Firewall ports.

Quick guide: Opening ports

To ensure the smooth operation of your FTP server, certain ports need to be opened in your firewall:

1. FTP port 21: For the standard FTP connection.
2. Passive FTP ports (range 50000-51000): For passive FTP connections.

Follow these steps to open the ports:

1. Open Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
2. Click on “Inbound Rules” and then “New Rule”.
3. Select “Port” and click “Next”.
4. Select “TCP” and enter the specific port or range (e.g. 21, 50000-51000).
5. Select “Allow the connection” and click “Next”.
6. Select the profiles for which the rule should apply and click “Next”.
7. Give the rule a name (e.g. “FTP Ports”) and click “Finish”.

With this guide, your FTP server should be ready to use. Good luck!

If you rent a Windows Server from us, we automatically equip the server with an evaluation (trial) license. This license is valid for 180 days and can be used during the system setup. After this period, a valid Windows license must be provided.

When the trial period ends, the Windows Server will automatically shut down.

Resetting the Trial Period

If your 180-day trial period is not enough, you can reset your server’s trial period up to 5 times.

Open the Windows Command Prompt as an Administrator (cmd) and enter the following command:

slmgr.vbs /rearm

This command resets the trial license period that has already elapsed. After entering this command, a server restart is necessary.

Your server is now usable for another 180 days.

License Terms

It is important to note that failing to activate Windows, even if the system seems to work fine after the intended period, constitutes a violation of the license terms agreed upon with Microsoft.

PHPMyAdmin is a popular web-based open source application designed to manage MySQL databases. It allows users to conveniently manage databases through a web-based graphical user interface (GUI).

You can install phpMyAdmin fully automatically with root access in our web interface on any debian-based Linux.

To do this, go to the Cloud Manager of your server.

Scroll down to the Actions and select “App Installer”. There you click on the “Web Server Utilities”.

In this dialogue you have to select everything. This is because phpMyAdmin requires a web server (apache2), the PHP script engine and the database software MariaDB/MySQL server.

Then click on Start installation.

Now you only have to wait a short time until your installation is finished. You will then be shown all the data you need to access your database.

With WinMTR we can track what ping you have to your server and what points a ping packet passes between your PC and your server.

This helps us to analyze where a problem with ping or packet loss occurs. Because unreachability is not always a general network problem at our server.

WinMTR Download

Download the program “WinMTR” from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmtr/files/latest/download

Unpack and start

Unpack the ZIP archive on your desktop and open the file WinMTR-v092\WinMTR_x64\WinMTR.exe

Now find the IP address of your virtual server. Copy it and enter it into the “Host” field. Then click on “Start”.

Now please wait about one minute. The program works now and checks the connection to your server every second by pinging.

After about one minute you can stop the process.

Use the “Copy text to clipboard” function to save the result to your clipboard. Then paste the text into your ticket. If it looks a bit unformatted, that’s not a big deal. We can still evaluate the data.

Thank you very much for your help!

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