How to setup SFTP in Ubuntu

 

1.       Check SSH is installed ‘or’ not

sudo systemctl status ssh

2.       Install SSH if not install

sudo apt install ssh

3.       Edit the sshd_config to override the setting and add below setting

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Match group sftp

ChrootDirectory /opt/odoo_backups

X11Forwarding no

AllowTcpForwarding no

ForceCommand internal-sftp

 

4.       Add Group and User

sudo addgroup sftp && sudo useradd ftpaccount -g sftp

5.       Change the password for FTP User

sudo passwd sftpuser (ftpaccount)

6.       Allow read write permission to FTP Folder for the user

sudo chmod 700 /opt/odoo_backups/

Note: check folder owner is ftpaccount

7.       Verify User are able to connect SFTP

sftp ftpaccount@localhost

8.       To exit from SFTP

exit