FTP Accounts

OpenPanel accounts can create FTP sub-users that share the FTP service with all other FTP users on the server. Connect using the server IP address and port 21.

FTP Accounts page with the FTP server and port, and a table of accounts with their path and configuration downloads

INFORMATION

FTP is available in the OpenPanel Enterprise edition. Administrator setup guide: How to setup FTP in OpenPanel

View Users

Go to OpenPanel > Files > FTP Accounts to see all FTP accounts, the directory each account is restricted to, and connection details including the server IP.

Create User

Go to OpenPanel > Files > FTP Accounts and click New Account.

Fill in the form:

Field	Description
Username	The local part of the FTP username: the full username will be `[email protected]`
Domain	Select one of your domains
Password	Password for the FTP account
Path (folder)	Directory the account is restricted to: must start with `/var/www/html/`

Click Create Account to create the user.

New FTP Account form with the username, domain, password and path fields

INFORMATION

FTP usernames may only contain letters, numbers, and the characters -, _, @, .. FTP username requirements

Change Password

Go to OpenPanel > Files > FTP Accounts and click Change Password next to the account.
Enter the new password, confirm it, and click Update.

Change FTP password form with a new password field

INFORMATION

FTP passwords must be 8-30 characters long and contain at least one uppercase letter (A-Z), lowercase letter (a-z), digit (0-9), and special character. FTP password requirements

Change Path

Go to OpenPanel > Files > FTP Accounts and click Change Path next to the account.
Enter the new directory path and click Update. The path must start with /var/www/html/.

Change FTP path form with the folder field

Delete User

Go to OpenPanel > Files > FTP Accounts and click Delete next to the account. The button turns into Confirm with a 5-second countdown; click it again before the countdown ends to delete the account.

Delete button of an FTP account turned into a Confirm button with a countdown after the first click

Bulk Actions

Tick the checkbox of one or more accounts, or the checkbox in the table header to select every account shown by the current search. A bar appears at the bottom of the page with the number selected, a Clear link and these actions:

Two FTP accounts selected with the bulk actions bar offering Change password, Change path and Delete

Action	What it does
Change password	Sets the same new password on the selected accounts.
Change path	Sets the home folder of the selected accounts, inside `/var/www/html/`.
Delete	Deletes the selected accounts. Their files are kept.

Click an action, confirm it, and it runs on the selected accounts one after another. When it's done the page reloads with a notice listing the accounts it worked for, or which ones failed and why.