Fully functional FTP server running in a Docker container managed by Docker Compose.

Chinmay Roy
2 min readJul 15, 2024

Here’s the full process, including the installation of Docker and Docker Compose, as well as running your vsftpd service with Docker Compose.

Step 1: Install Docker on Ubuntu 22.04

  1. Update your system:
sudo apt update 
sudo apt upgrade -y

2. Install Docker:

sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null sudo apt update sudo apt install -y docker-ce

3. Verify Docker Installation:

sudo systemctl status docker

4. Add your user to the docker group (optional):

sudo usermod -aG docker ${USER}

Log out and log back in to apply the changes.

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

  1. Download Docker Compose:
sudo apt install docker-compose

2. Apply executable permissions to the binary:

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