How to set up FTP server for ifs document management (DOCMAN)

Install Internet Information Services and the FTP Service

Because FTP depends on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), IIS and the FTP Service must be

installed on the computer. To install IIS and the FTP Service, follow these steps.

NOTE: In Windows Server 2003, the FTP Service is not installed by default when you install IIS. If you

already installed IIS on the computer, you must use the Add or Remove Programs tool in Control Panel to

install the FTP Service.

1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

2. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

3. In the Components list, click Application Server, click Internet Information Services

(IIS) (but do not select or clear the check box), and then click Details.

4. Click to select the following check boxes (if they are not already selected):

Common Files

File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service

Internet Information Services Manager

5. Click to select the check boxes next to any other IIS-related service or subcomponent that you

want to install, and then click OK.

6. Click Next.

7. When you are prompted, insert the Windows Server 2003 CD-ROM into the computer's CD-ROM

or DVD-ROM drive or provide a path to the location of the files, and then click OK.

8. Click Finish.

IIS and the FTP service are now installed. You must configure the FTP Service before you can use it.

Configure The FTP Service

To configure the FTP Service to allow only anonymous connections, follow these steps:

1. Start Internet Information Services Manager or open the IIS snap-in.

2. Expand Server_name, where Server_name is the name of the server.

3. Expand FTP Sites

4. Right-click Default FTP Site, and then click Properties.

 5. Click the Security Accounts tab.

6. You can to select the Allow Anonymous Connections check box (if it is not already selected),

and then click to select the Allow only anonymous connections check box if you want to

connect with anonymous user.

When you click to select the Allow only anonymous connections check box, you configure

the FTP Service to allow only anonymous connections. Users cannot log on by using user names

and passwords. But in our case do not tick Allow Anonymous Connections as we are

using dedicated your for ftp from ifs applications.

7. Click the Home Directory tab.

8. Click to select the Read and Log visits check boxes (if they are not already selected), and then

click to clear the Write check box (if it is not already cleared).

9. Click OK.

10. Quit Internet Information Services Manager or close the IIS snap-in.

The FTP server is now configured to accept incoming FTP requests. Copy or move the files that you want to
make available to the FTP publishing folder for access. The default folder is drive:\Inetpub\Ftproot, where
drive is the drive on which IIS is installed.

Testing FTP Service

1. After configuring the ftp IIS ftp sites need to be up and running.
2. Open a browser from anywhere and type ftp://lkpcisftp2/ and you should get logging screen.
Provide user name and password. (This user need to be there and user or and admin user of the ftp
server) Then you will see a screen like below if the ftp is running properly.

Its shows directories and files you can browser and open. If you get any security error while
browsing then most probably the issue is with security rights for the user you logged on.

3. Same thing is possible with command prompt. Type ftp lkpcisftp2 in command promt

You will be asking for user /password to logging.

 4. Once you logged in successfully you can browse same as in web. You can use below commands for
normal operations.

Cd = change directory

Dir = display all directories and files

Bye = exit from ftp

Here also you will get security exceptions if the logged on user does not have access to the folders you
are trying to view/ftp

5. Now the ftp server is working as expected and now you can connect to ftp from LCS/IFSbiz

6. In either lcs/ifsbiz ftp need to be specified in below place from web.

7. Specify the user and password that need to be connected from lcs/ifsbiz to ftp server.

Now all changes regarding ftp server and docman are done and document management with ftp server
should work without any problem.