Setup SFTP Chroot on EC2 Ubuntu (Step-by-Step) With No Additional Package
In this video, I show how I setup SFTP on EC2 Ubuntu instance without using any additional plugin.
Topics covered:
• Creating user
• Chroot Directory setup
• Enabling the user to work with web server files without needing any permission or ownership change
Tools & Resources:
AWS, Ubuntu, Cloud, Security, SFTP
timestamps
00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Create SFTP user
02:42 - Web server user role
04:03 - Configure ssh config
06:46 - Warning to handle ssh config
07:18 - Working out homedir files owner & permissions
09:42 - Test with FTP client
10:07 - Troubleshooting error
11:11 - Fix chroot directory, owner & permissions
12:00 - Set home dir of the user
13:35 - outro
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