The steps below assume you are using iis 8 5 that comes by default with windows 2012 r2.
Setup sftp server windows server 2012 iis.
Click role based or feature based.
Check ftp server ftp service role service.
Configure high availability for iis ftp servers using failover clustering.
Install the web server role on all cluster nodes.
Here you have the steps i followed to set up my ftp server in windows 2012 r2.
Click next on before you begin window.
Install the iis web server.
Consider configuring an ftp server from the microsoft iis suite creating a self signed certificate and configuring secure file transfer.
Select add roles and components.
Sftp secure file transfer protocol secure ftp or ssh ftp is the extension of ssh protocol being a standard in the world of unix linux systems from the user point of view it is similar to ftp but in fact it is a completely different protocol having nothing in common with ftp data are transferred between a client and a server through the ssh tunnel tcp port 22.
In windows server manager go to roles node and in web server iis role services panel click add role services.
Thank you for writing this guide was really useful and accurate to setup my first ssh server on a windows server 2012 environment.
For windows 7 and up go ahead and click on the box next to internet information services and ftp server you also need to make sure you check the web management tools box otherwise you won t be able to manage iis from administrative tools later on.
Make sure that management service iis management console is checked.
Confirm with next button.
1 enable web server iis role and ftp server role service.
Configure ftp server in windows server 2012.
We start the server manager from the start menu or by clicking on the icon on the taskbar.
In add role services wizard.
At first install the ftp server role.
I was wondering if someone here can help me out with two issues.
In server 2012 you can install ftp server role under the iis server role.
Log in to the server by using an administrative.
If you re installing on windows server 2012 r2 or a later version include the in box ftp server role.
Proceed to the end of the wizard and click install.
If you re installing on windows server 2012 don t include the ftp server role.
1 change the home root folder of the ssh server the first thing a sftp client shows when connecting is the c users username logued in folder.
For ftp you need to check the ftp service box otherwise you won t have the option to create an ftp server.
Operating system windows server 2012 r2.
