How can I give a user access to a docker volume or path outside the ftp container?

[jaywork2020]

First of all, I want to thank you for this image.

I set it and and it seems to be working fine. But I need to give a user access files on the server not in the container

for example the following command creates a user called bob and gives him access to /home/ftpusers/bob inside the docker container.

pure-pw useradd bob -f /etc/pure-ftpd/passwd/pureftpd.passwd -m -u ftpuser -d /home/ftpusers/bob

How can I give the user bob access to the /home/ftpusers/bob path on the server not inside the container. Or to a docker volume.

For example, I have another docker container running a wordpress site. I want to be able to FTP into the docker volume that is hosting the wordpress. In my case the WordPress for this container are located on /data/mysitename/pubic_html so I want bob to be able to connect using FTP and manage the files on /data/mysitename/pubic_html.

How can I give a user access to a docker volume or a server location instead on a location on the container?

[stilliard]

Hey @jaywork2020 !

Thanks glad it's useful for you.

Sure thing, the workflow generally for this is to have your wordpress container expose the folder you need through a volume, and then expose the same volume to the ftp docker container.

Here's an example doing this using docker compose: https://github.com/stilliard/docker-pure-ftpd/wiki/Docker-stack-with-Wordpress-&-FTP

Hope it helps.

[jaywork2020]

@stilliard Thank you for your help. Do I still create the user like this when mounting to a path on the server?

Assume my volume is set like this

    volumes:
      - ./data/wordpress:/var/www/html
      - ./data/ftp:/etc/ssl/private

pure-pw useradd bob -f /etc/pure-ftpd/passwd/pureftpd.passwd -m -u ftpuser -d /data/wordpress

I attempted the above, but when trying to FTP into the server it fails. Here are the logs from the FTP attempt

Status:	Resolving address of ftpusa.mydomain.com
Status:	Connecting to SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:21...
Status:	Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status:	Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.
Status:	Logged in
Status:	Retrieving directory listing...
Command:	PWD
Response:	257 "/" is your current location
Command:	TYPE I
Response:	200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:	PASV
Error:	Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error:	Failed to retrieve directory listing
Status:	Disconnected from server
Status:	Resolving address of ftpusa.mydomain.com
Status:	Connecting to SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:21...
Status:	Connection established, waiting for welcome message...
Status:	Insecure server, it does not support FTP over TLS.
Status:	Logged in
Status:	Retrieving directory listing...
Command:	PWD
Response:	257 "/" is your current location
Command:	TYPE I
Response:	200 TYPE is now 8-bit binary
Command:	PASV
Error:	Connection timed out after 20 seconds of inactivity
Error:	Failed to retrieve directory listing

How can I get this to work?

[stilliard]

Hi @jaywork2020
Couple things to check, are you setting your PUBLICHOST env param, also are you exposing the needed ports? More info on these in the readme if that helps.

[jaywork2020]

@stilliard Yes I did

Here is how I create the ftpd_server using the composer file

version: "3"
services:

    ftpd_server:
        image: stilliard/pure-ftpd
        container_name: ftpd_server
        restart: always
        ports:
            - "21:21"
            - "30000-30009:30000-30009"
        environment:
            PUBLICHOST: ftpusa.mydomain.com
        volumes:
            - /data/wordpress_app/public_html:/var/www/html
            - /ftp_data/data:/home/usrname/
            - /ftp_data/passwd:/etc/pure-ftpd/passwd
            - /ftp_data/ssl:/etc/ssl/private

    # Other services were removed
networks:
    default:
       external:
           name: nginx-network

I want the new user to FTP into /data/wordpress_app/public_html or /data/wordpress_app

[stilliard]

Hi @jaywork2020
Sorry tor the delay there.

Does the same error happen if you set your ftp user to a non volume folder?

Wondering if it's an issue ftping at all or just with the volumed folder.

Thanks

[inv1sible]

not sure if still an issue, but its open, so....

when mounting volumes in a docker file its - /dir-on-local-host:/dir-inside-container

when using - /data/wordpress_app/public_html:/var/www/html the dir-on-local-host must exist in the desired location on the host (it will be created anyway if not existing) BUT dir-inside-container will be needed in ftp-docker-container... I am pretty sure it is not existing... and will not be created

so you need in ftp docker-compose.yml:

- /data/wordpress_app/public_html:/home/usrname/

and in wordpress docker-compose.yml:

- /data/wordpress_app/public_html:/var/www/html