---
name: "ftpcloudfs"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ftp-cloudfs"
version: "0.25.2+20140217+git2a90c1a2eb-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ftpcloudfs"
---

# ftpcloudfs(8)

FTP interface to Rackspace Cloud Files and OpenStack Object Storage

## NAME

ftpcloudfs - FTP interface to Rackspace Cloud Files and OpenStack Object Storage

## SYNOPSIS

**ftpcloudfs \[*OPTIONS*\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**ftpcloudfs**

FTP-CloudFS is an FTP server acting as a proxy to Rackspace Cloud Files or to OpenStack Object Storage (Swift). It allows you to connect via any FTP client to do upload/download or create containers. It supports pseudo-hierarchical folders/directories as described in the Rackspace Cloud Files API and the OpenStack Object Storage API.

## OPTIONS

\-h, --help

-

  show this help message and exit

\-p *PORT*, --port=*PORT*

-

  Port to bind the server default: 2021.

\-b *BIND\_ADDRESS*, --bind-address=*BIND\_ADDRESS*

-

  Address to bind by default: 127.0.0.1.

\--workers=*WORKERS*

-

  Number of workers to use default: 1.

\--memcache=*MEMCACHE*

-

  Memcache server(s) to be used for cache (ip:port).

\-a *AUTHURL*, --auth-url=*AUTHURL*

-

  Auth URL for alternate providers(eg OpenStack)

\-v, --verbose

-

  Be verbose on logging.

\-s, --service-net

-

  Connect via Rackspace ServiceNet network.

\-f, --foreground

-

  Do not attempt to daemonize but run in foreground.

\-l *LOG\_FILE*, --log-file=*LOG\_FILE*

-

  Log File: Default stdout when in foreground

\--syslog

-

  Enable logging to the system logger (daemon facility).

\--pid-file=*PID\_FILE*

-

  Pid file location when in daemon mode.

\--uid=*UID*

-

  UID to drop the privilege to when in daemon mode

\--gid=*GID*

-

  GID to drop the privilege to when in daemon mode

## AUTHORS

"Juan J. Martinez" \<juan@memset.com\>