How to Change where Configuration Files are Stored

FileZilla Server

FileZilla Server’s service accepts a --config-dir parameter. You can use this parameter when starting the service.

• On Windows, to relocate the configuration files in your folder of choice, open a cmd
  console with Administrator privileges and run the following command.

  SC.exe config filezilla-server binpath= "\"\filezilla-server.
exe\" --config-dir \"\""

  Where is the folder where FileZilla Server was installed into and
  is the absolute path to your folder of choice.

  For example, to store the files under FileZilla Server’s installation folder, and FileZilla Server is installed under C:\Program Files\FileZilla Server, the command should be:

  SC.exe config filezilla-server binpath= "\"C:\Program Files\FileZilla Server\
filezilla-server.exe\" --config-dir \"C:\Program Files\FileZilla Server\""

  Quotes and spaces must be entered exactly like that.

• On Debian Linux, as root, open in an editor the file /etc/systemd/system/filezilla-server.service and edit the line following the [Service] label, like this:
  
ExecStart=/opt/filezilla-server/bin/filezilla-server --config-dir <Yourdirectory of choice>

  Where <Yourdirectory of choice> is the directory where you want to relocate
  the configuration files.

  Then restart the service, with the following command:
  
sudo systemctl restart filezilla-server

• On macOS relocating FileZilla Server configuration files is not recommended, as the installer
  will overwrite any change.

FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server

FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server’s service accepts a –-config-dir parameter. You can use this parameter when starting the service.

• To relocate the configuration files in your folder of choice, open a cmd console with Administrator privileges and run the following command.

  SC.exe config filezilla-server binpath= "\"\filezilla-server.exe\"
--config-dir \"\""

  Where <Install folder> is the folder where FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server was installed
  into and is the absolute path to your folder of choice.

  For example, to store the files under FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server’s installation folder, and
  FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server is installed under C:\Program Files\FileZilla Server, the
  command should be:

  SC.exe config filezilla-server binpath= "\"C:\Program Files\FileZilla Server\
filezilla-server.exe\" --config-dir \"C:\Program Files\FileZilla Server\""

  Quotes and spaces must be entered exactly like that.

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