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Using tutorials from https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-setup-ftp-server-with-vsftpd-on-centos-7/ and https://www.tecmint.com/install-ftp-server-in-centos-7/.

Install vsftpd:

yum install vsftpd

Edit /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf:

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_std_format=YES
listen=YES
listen_address=192.168.0.1
# ip address of the server
listen_ipv6=NO
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
userlist_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.userlist
userlist_deny=NO
chroot_local_user=YES
user_sub_token=$USER
local_root=/home/$USER/ftp
tcp_wrappers=YES

Create a ftp user, add it to /etc/vsftpd/vsftpduserlist and create directories:

adduser newftpuser
passwd newftpuser

echo "newftpuser" | sudo tee -a /etc/vsftpd/user_list 
  
mkdir -p /home/newftpuser/ftp/upload
chmod 550 /home/newftpuser/ftp
chmod 750 /home/newftpuser/ftp/upload
chown -R newftpuser: /home/newftpuser/ftp
 
usermod newftpuser -s /bin/nologin

Start the server and enable it to run as a daemon at startup:

systemctl start vsftpd
systemctl enable vsftpd 

Things should be up and running. This is not a secure server. We did not create a certificate or enable TLS. User credentials will be sent as plain text. The server is only listening on the one specified interface. We did not make any firewall adjustments.