Understanding how TFTP Server works
I have a Ubuntu machine which acts as a TFTP Server. I want to configure my cisco ios routers to take configuration from this TFTP server at boot time.
I have a few doubts- Where do I store the configuration file for my cisco router in the TFTP Server? Currently, I have created two temp folders in /var/lib/tftpboot-
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ ls -l
total 8
drwx------ 2 tftp tftp 4096 Mar 31 15:37 ExrZHRa-incoming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 31 15:52 TXJla-outgoing
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ tree
.
├── ExrZHRa-incoming [error opening dir]
└── TXJla-outgoing
└── R1.txt
2 directories, 1 file
As per Cisco's documentation, this is the syntax to get a file from TFTP server-
copy tftp: [[[//location ]/directory ]/filename ] nvram:startup-config
Example:
Device# copy tftp://server1/dir10/datasource nvram:startup-config
As per my understanding, the location will be IP of my TFTP Server and filename will be the actual config file to be loaded. But what should be configured in the directory? I tried /var/lib/tftpboot/TXJla-outgoing but it didn't work.
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I have a Ubuntu machine which acts as a TFTP Server. I want to configure my cisco ios routers to take configuration from this TFTP server at boot time.
I have a few doubts- Where do I store the configuration file for my cisco router in the TFTP Server? Currently, I have created two temp folders in /var/lib/tftpboot-
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ ls -l
total 8
drwx------ 2 tftp tftp 4096 Mar 31 15:37 ExrZHRa-incoming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 31 15:52 TXJla-outgoing
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ tree
.
├── ExrZHRa-incoming [error opening dir]
└── TXJla-outgoing
└── R1.txt
2 directories, 1 file
As per Cisco's documentation, this is the syntax to get a file from TFTP server-
copy tftp: [[[//location ]/directory ]/filename ] nvram:startup-config
Example:
Device# copy tftp://server1/dir10/datasource nvram:startup-config
As per my understanding, the location will be IP of my TFTP Server and filename will be the actual config file to be loaded. But what should be configured in the directory? I tried /var/lib/tftpboot/TXJla-outgoing but it didn't work.
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14.04 cisco tftp
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I have a Ubuntu machine which acts as a TFTP Server. I want to configure my cisco ios routers to take configuration from this TFTP server at boot time.
I have a few doubts- Where do I store the configuration file for my cisco router in the TFTP Server? Currently, I have created two temp folders in /var/lib/tftpboot-
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ ls -l
total 8
drwx------ 2 tftp tftp 4096 Mar 31 15:37 ExrZHRa-incoming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 31 15:52 TXJla-outgoing
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ tree
.
├── ExrZHRa-incoming [error opening dir]
└── TXJla-outgoing
└── R1.txt
2 directories, 1 file
As per Cisco's documentation, this is the syntax to get a file from TFTP server-
copy tftp: [[[//location ]/directory ]/filename ] nvram:startup-config
Example:
Device# copy tftp://server1/dir10/datasource nvram:startup-config
As per my understanding, the location will be IP of my TFTP Server and filename will be the actual config file to be loaded. But what should be configured in the directory? I tried /var/lib/tftpboot/TXJla-outgoing but it didn't work.
enter image description here
14.04 cisco tftp
asked 32 mins ago
Prarthana ShedgePrarthana Shedge
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I have a Ubuntu machine which acts as a TFTP Server. I want to configure my cisco ios routers to take configuration from this TFTP server at boot time.
I have a few doubts- Where do I store the configuration file for my cisco router in the TFTP Server? Currently, I have created two temp folders in /var/lib/tftpboot-
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ ls -l
total 8
drwx------ 2 tftp tftp 4096 Mar 31 15:37 ExrZHRa-incoming
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 31 15:52 TXJla-outgoing
automation@automation:/var/lib/tftpboot$ tree
.
├── ExrZHRa-incoming [error opening dir]
└── TXJla-outgoing
└── R1.txt
2 directories, 1 file
As per Cisco's documentation, this is the syntax to get a file from TFTP server-
copy tftp: [[[//location ]/directory ]/filename ] nvram:startup-config
Example:
Device# copy tftp://server1/dir10/datasource nvram:startup-config
As per my understanding, the location will be IP of my TFTP Server and filename will be the actual config file to be loaded. But what should be configured in the directory? I tried /var/lib/tftpboot/TXJla-outgoing but it didn't work.
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Assuming you use something like this configuration guide, the root of the TFTP server is /var/lib/tftpboot/.
If this is the root, and the file is directly in there then your tftp command will look like this:
copy tftp://ip.add.re.ss/FILENAME nvram:startup-config
LIke a web server, the 'root' of the TFTP server's config is the root directory on-disk that your server will serve from; this is omitted in the remote system that's doing the copying.
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Assuming you use something like this configuration guide, the root of the TFTP server is /var/lib/tftpboot/.
If this is the root, and the file is directly in there then your tftp command will look like this:
copy tftp://ip.add.re.ss/FILENAME nvram:startup-config
LIke a web server, the 'root' of the TFTP server's config is the root directory on-disk that your server will serve from; this is omitted in the remote system that's doing the copying.
answered 26 mins ago
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Assuming you use something like this configuration guide, the root of the TFTP server is /var/lib/tftpboot/.
If this is the root, and the file is directly in there then your tftp command will look like this:
copy tftp://ip.add.re.ss/FILENAME nvram:startup-config
LIke a web server, the 'root' of the TFTP server's config is the root directory on-disk that your server will serve from; this is omitted in the remote system that's doing the copying.
answered 26 mins ago
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
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Assuming you use something like this configuration guide, the root of the TFTP server is /var/lib/tftpboot/.
If this is the root, and the file is directly in there then your tftp command will look like this:
copy tftp://ip.add.re.ss/FILENAME nvram:startup-config
LIke a web server, the 'root' of the TFTP server's config is the root directory on-disk that your server will serve from; this is omitted in the remote system that's doing the copying.
answered 26 mins ago
Thomas Ward♦Thomas Ward
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Assuming you use something like this configuration guide, the root of the TFTP server is /var/lib/tftpboot/.
If this is the root, and the file is directly in there then your tftp command will look like this:
copy tftp://ip.add.re.ss/FILENAME nvram:startup-config
LIke a web server, the 'root' of the TFTP server's config is the root directory on-disk that your server will serve from; this is omitted in the remote system that's doing the copying.
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