How to create FTP Account in Plesk Panel?

Adding FTP Accounts – Plesk

Create FTP account in Plesk Panel.

• First log into your Plesk account.
• Click on Websites & Domains.

• Click on FTP

• Click on Add an FTP Account

• Fill out all the necessary information

• FTP Account name: Enter the username for the FTP account. The username will be used to log into the FTP server
• Home Directory: Define the path of the directory that the FTP account can access. This sets location of files that account can work on.
• FTP Password: Assign a strong password to the FTP account to protect it.
• Permissions: You can set the permissions for the account:
• Read Permission: Allows for downloading of files.
• Write Permission: Allows for uploading of files.
• Read and Write Permission: Allows both uploading and downloading of files if both checkboxes are selected.

Once all fields are filled, just click on the OK button to complete the setup

Password Change Guidelines:

• Make sure that your password is a minimum length of 12 characters and contains at least one uppercase and one lowercase letter, and one number.
• For extra security, choose a mix of 8 or more characters.
• Please Note that your mailbox password must not have any spaces or special characters like, &, +, or ‘.
• Characters acceptable are: [a-zA-Z0-9#!@$%^*()_=”?.,/;:<>`{|}~-[]].