• vsftpd ¹⁾

• Fedora ²⁾

sudo dnf install 'vsftpd'

• See firewalld
• TODO: Update firewall link above to Fedora

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service='ftp' --permanent && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

• https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/selinux_users_and_administrators_guide/sect-managing_confined_services-file_transfer_protocol-booleans
• https://hostodo.com/portal/knowledgebase/25/Setup-vsftp-with-SELinux.html

sudo setsebool -P 'ftpd_full_access' 'on'

sudo setsebool -P 'ftpd_use_passive_mode' 'on'

getsebool -a | grep 'ftp'

sudo systemctl enable 'vsftpd' --now

• For local_root, even though nas1 is used more frequently, Kodi clients are configured to start from the actual ftp root in order to go into the nas2 folder for media
• To make nas1 convenient, set the root folder from FileZilla

sudo -e '/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf' && sudo systemctl restart 'vsftpd'

# Custom
local_root=/var/ftp
force_dot_files=YES

• Country: US
• State: PA
• Locality: Charleroi
• Org Name: Realm of Espionage
• Org Unit: NAS
• YOUR Name: x
• Email: x

sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 730 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout '/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem' -out '/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem' && sudo chmod '600' '/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem'

• ssl_ciphers can be set to HIGH or any supported OpenSSL cipher, but the higher the cipher, the higher the performance hit ³⁾

sudo -e '/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf' && sudo systemctl restart 'vsftpd'

ssl_enable=YES
allow_anon_ssl=NO
force_local_data_ssl=YES
force_local_logins_ssl=YES
require_ssl_reuse=YES

ssl_ciphers=AES128-SHA
ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO

rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem
rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/certs/vsftpd.pem

• Be sure to get the PARTUUID towards the end of the line, and not UUID

sudo blkid

• Change the x in PARTLABEL=
• This expects 1 drive each with a XFS partition

sudo mkdir -p '/var/ftp/nas1' '/var/ftp/nas2' && sudo -e '/etc/fstab'

# NAS
PARTUUID=x /var/ftp/nas1 xfs defaults 0 2
PARTUUID=x /var/ftp/nas2 xfs defaults 0 2

sudo mount --all

sudo chown --recursive 'espionage724':'espionage724' '/var/ftp/nas1' && sync

sudo chown --recursive 'espionage724':'espionage724' '/var/ftp/nas2' && sync

sudo chmod --recursive '664' '/var/ftp/nas1' && sync

sudo chmod --recursive '664' '/var/ftp/nas2' && sync

sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/ftp/nas1' && sync

sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/var/ftp/nas2' && sync