The Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) open standard can be used for sharing files over the network. It is a popular protocol to conveniently access remote data as an online hard disk. There are a lot of online storage and e-mail providers who offer online space through WebDAV accounts. Most graphical Linux or Windows systems can access WebDAV servers in their file managers out-of-the-box. For other operating systems, there are also free options available. Another big advantage is that WebDAV is running over normal HTTP or HTTPS ports, so you can be sure that it will work in almost any environment, even behind restricted firewalls.
Here, we will show you how to install and configure WebDAV as an alternative for the FTP protocol for your file sharing needs. We will use HTTPS as our communication protocol for secure connections.