Overview

This document describes how to use the FTP service to upload files from a local Linux computer to a CVM.

Prerequisites

You have built the FTP service on CVM.

• To use FTP to upload files to a Linux CVM, see Building the FTP Service (Linux)
• To use FTP to upload files to a Windows CVM, see Building the FTP Service (Windows)

Directions

Connecting to the CVM

1. Run the following command to install the FTP service.

   If the FTP service has already been installed on the local Linux computer, skip this step.

   yum -y install ftp

2. Run the following command to connect to the CVM and enter the FTP service username and password as prompted.

   ftp <CVM IP address>

   If the following interface appears, the connection has been established successfully.
   

Uploading a file

Run the following command to upload a local file to the CVM.

put local-file [remote-file]

For example, to upload the local /home/1.txt file to the CVM, run the following command.

put /home/1.txt 1.txt

Downloading a file

Run the following command to download a file from the CVM to a local directory.

get [remote-file] [local-file]

For example, to download the A.txt file from the CVM to the local /home directory, run the following command.

get A.txt /home/A.txt