Allowing Anonymous FTP Access to Webspace

If necessary, you can upload certain files and directories to your Webspace and make them publicly accessible by FTP. This might be necessary if, for example, you want your site visitors to be able to download certain files without authenticating on the server.

Anonymous FTP users have access only to the ftp_anonymous directory existing on your Webspace. Therefore, to provide certain files for download, you need to place them into this directory. In the ftp_anonymous directory, there is the incoming folder, intended for file uploading by anonymous FTP users.

To be able to provide public access to your Webspace, you need to enable and configure anonymous user access to your Webspace in CCP.

Note: You can allow anonymous FTP access to your users only if your domain is assigned with an exclusive IP address.

To allow anonymous FTP access and set the necessary limits for it, perform these steps:

1. Go to Websites, then click on a required domain name. Domain dashboard opens. Click FTP Access.
2. On the General tab, click Edit.
3. In the Anonymous Settings area of the screen, select the Anonymous Access checkbox.

4. Configure the following parameters for anonymous FTP access:

   1. Maximum Simultaneous Connections – the maximum number of connections to your Webspace from anonymous FTP users.
   2. Maximum Simultaneous Connections per Host – the maximum number of connections to your Webspace established from one host.
   3. Download Bandwidth – the transfer rate limit for file downloading from your Webspace, in KBytes/Sec. The limit is applied per single connection.
   4. Select the Allow Uploading to Incoming Directory checkbox if you wish to allow anonymous FTP users to upload files to the incoming directory (located inside the ftp_anonymous directory on your Webspace).
   5. If you have selected the Allow Uploading to Incoming Directory permission, you can also limit the disk space for uploaded files by setting the Disk Space Limit in the Incoming Directory parameter.
5. Click Submit.

If later you wish to disable anonymous FTP access to your Webspace, clear the Anonymous Access checkbox.