Setup a TFTP server, on Ubuntu 8.10, for Cisco device configuration backups.
#Install atftpd
#Configure atftpd as a separate server and modify tftpboot location
Change the following:
#Run this command to refresh changes
#Create and configure tftpboot directory
#Restart atftpd daemon
#Test the configuration from a Cisco device
#Verify file transfer from Cisco device
#Install atftpd
$ sudo apt-get install atftpd
#Configure atftpd as a separate server and modify tftpboot location
$ sudo vim /etc/default/atftpd
Change the following:
USE_INETD=true -> USE_INETD=falseSave and exit file.
/var/lib/tftpboot -> /srv/tftpboot
#Run this command to refresh changes
$ sudo invoke-rc.d atftpd start
#Create and configure tftpboot directory
$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/tftpboot
$ cd /srv
$ sudo chmod -R 777 ./tftpboot
$ sudo chown -R nobody ./tftpboot
#Restart atftpd daemon
$ sudo /etc/init.d/atftpd restart
#Test the configuration from a Cisco device
ciscoasa# copy startup-config tftp
#Verify file transfer from Cisco device
$ ls -l /srv/tftpboot
