docker-proftpd

Simple way to install a proftp server on an host.

Quick start

docker run -d --net host \
	-e FTP_LIST="user1:pass1;user2:pass2" \
	-v /path_to_ftp_dir_for_user1:/home/user1 \
	-v /path_to_ftp_dir_for_user2:/home/user2 \
	kibatic/proftpd

Warning

The way to define the users and passwords makes that you should not use ";" or ":" in your user name or password.

(ok, this is ugly, but using FTP in 2018 is ugly too)

USERADD_OPTIONS

docker run -d --net host \
	-e FTP_LIST="user1:pass1;user2:pass2" \
	-e USERADD_OPTIONS="-o --gid 33 --uid 33" \
	-v /path_to_ftp_dir_for_user1:/home/user1 \
	-v /path_to_ftp_dir_for_user2:/home/user2 \
	kibatic/proftpd

The USERADD_OPTIONS is not mandatory. It contains parameters we can give to the useradd command (in order for example to indicates the created user can have the uid of www-data (33) ).

It allows to give different accesses, but each user will create the files and directory with the right user on the host.

docker-compose.yml example

You can for example use a docker-compose like this :

version: '3.7'

services:
  proftpd:
    image: kibatic/proftpd
    network_mode: "host"
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      FTP_LIST: "myusername:mypassword"
      USERADD_OPTIONS: "-o --gid 33 --uid 33"
    volumes:
      - "/the_direcotry_on_the_host:/home/myusername"

Author

inspired by the good idea and the image hauptmedia/proftpd from Julian Haupt.