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I am trying to set up TLS for VSFTPD on CentOS7. Whenever I try to start the service it fails with exit code 2 and no other information.

anonymous_enable=NO
local_enable=YES
write_enable=YES
local_umask=022
dirmessage_enable=YES
xferlog_enable=YES
connect_from_port_20=YES
xferlog_file=/var/log/vsftpd.log
xferlog_std_format=YES
ftpd_banner=Inari FTP Server
chroot_local_user=YES
chroot_list_enable=NO
listen=YES
pam_service_name=vsftpd
userlist_enable=YES
tcp_wrappers=YES
hide_ids=NO
setproctitle_enable=NO
text_userdb_names=NO
ssl_enable=YES
allow_anon_ssl=NO
force_local_data_ssl=YES
force_local_logins_ssl=YES
ssl_tlsv1=YES
ssl_sslv2=NO
ssl_sslv3=NO
rsa_cert_file=/home/yamiko/ssl/foo.crt
rsa_private_key=/home/yamiko/ssl/foo.key
Yamiko
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I had the same problem. I commented out the #listen_ipv6=YES line in /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf and vsftp started.
Don't forget to run systemctl enable vsftpd.service so it will start automatically after reboot. systemctl status vsftpd.service and check that it says "enabled".

Thomas
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  • The timestamps on this website seem 3 years off. Just an observation. I may not have looked at this post if I was looking for answers to a recent issue, which this is. – user470258 May 17 '18 at 17:33