Certificate Installation: vsftpd

• Combine your certificate and CA certificate(s) into one file (e.g. your.server.pem).
  Note: If you are unsure of how to do this, please use the following instructions: CSR Generation: Using OpenSSL

• Move the file created, as a result of the previous step, to the location where you store certificates (Examples: /usr/share/ssl/certs/, /etc/ssl/certs/)

• Move your private key, that you created when you generated your CSR, to the location where you store private keys. (e.g. /etc/ssl/certs/private/)

• Update 'vsftpd.conf' in your favorite text-editor with:

  • rsa_cert_file = /path/to/your.server.pem

  • rsa_private_key_file = /path/to/your.key

• Restart vsftpd.
  
  
  Examples:

  • /etc/init.d/vsftpd restart

OR

• /sbin/service/vsftpd restart

OR

• killall vsftpd
  vsftpd

• Your vsftp server is now secured through SSL/TLS.

Related Articles

manpage for vsftpd

CSR Generation: Using OpenSSL