Installing VSFTPD on Ubuntu 14.04 Amazon EC2 Instance
Note: I had a brand new server and needed to run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
before installing the server to get all packages up to date. These steps don't take into account best practice security considerations. These are merely basic steps to get an FTP server up and running quickly.
Install the server.
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
Let's check to make sure the server is up and running before making any changes.