Choose a mirror (I chose the one from ), and click OK for the warning about upgrading Cygwin (since this is theoretically your first time to install it). If not, direct connection will work great. If you’re behind a proxy, you’ll want to use Internet Explorer’s settings, or enter the proxy information. Choose to Install from Internet, keep the defaults for Root Directory and Install For All Users and leave the Local Package Directory at the default path.

Getting StartedĪfter you’ve downloaded Cygwin’s setup.exe, right-click it and Run As Administrator. You’ll also need to have administrator access to the Windows 2008 server.

You will need to download the latest Cygwin package from (there’s a link to setup.exe halfway down the first page). I thought I’d throw it all together into a blog post, in the hopes that it will help someone else out. I did some Googling and found a few resources, but only by combining the various bits of information was I able to get it up and running. Recently, I had a task assigned to me to get SFTP up and running on a Windows 2008 server.

Setup filezilla server on server 2008