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diff --git a/docs/services.rst b/docs/services.rst index ef6e65d0..599f4ddd 100644 --- a/docs/services.rst +++ b/docs/services.rst @@ -1052,6 +1052,48 @@ After commit the resulting configuration will look like: } } +TFTP +---- + +Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP_) is a simple lockstep File Transfer +Protocol which allows a client to get a file from or put a file onto a remote +host. One of its primary uses is in the early stages of nodes booting from a +local area network. TFTP has been used for this application because it is very +simple to implement. + +Example +^^^^^^^ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # If you want to enable uploads, else TFTP server will act as read-only (optional) + set service tftp-server allow-upload + + # Directory for TFTP server content + set service tftp-server directory '/config/tftpboot' + + # On which addresses we want to listen for incoming TFTP connections? (mandatory) + set service tftp-server listen-address '2001:db8:ffee::1' + set service tftp-server listen-address '10.10.1.1' + +.. note:: Choose your ``directory`` location carefully or you will loose the + content on image upgrades. Any directory under ``/config`` is save at this + will be migrated. + +.. note:: Configuring a listen-address is essential for the service to work. + +The resulting configuration will look like: + +.. code-block:: sh + + vyos@vyos# show service + tftp-server { + allow-upload + directory /config/tftpboot + listen-address 2001:db8:ffee::1 + listen-address 10.10.1.1 + } + .. _ddclient: http://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/wiki/Home/ .. _RFC2136: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2136.txt .. _`Multicast DNS`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS @@ -1059,3 +1101,4 @@ After commit the resulting configuration will look like: .. _SNMPv2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol#Version_2 .. _SNMPv3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol#Version_3 .. _MIB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management_information_base +.. _TFTP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial_File_Transfer_Protocol |