So some of the readers of this blog might already know this little trick, and what's more some of you might be surprised I didn't know about this until recently! Again props to Alastair my coworker, he has given me some great tips so far!
We are going to use a putty program to copy a file to our flash (could be an IOS or whatever you like really) without having to use FTP, simply over SSH, this is super useful for those times when:
1. You don't have an FTP server handy
2. Your behind NAT so you can't just start an FTP server
3. Your behind a restrictive firewall
How do? Easy,
First, go to putty and download this:
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Go to "PSCP.exe" and download it.
My recommendation is to put it in c:\windows\system32\ or somewhere else in your path, by doing this you can use when your in the command line at any path (it is a command line app)
Ok, next we need to add this simple command to your router:
PeterCCIE18371(config)#ip scp server enableTHE above command is the KEY command guys
Also, you will need to have aaa new-model enabled (you don't already? why not?) and make sure your AAA authorization network is OK, so for example:
aaa authorization network You will also need to have SSH enabled, so make sure you have something like this under your VTY Lines:
line vty 0 15 exec-timeout 800 0 transport input telnet ssh
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and make sure you have a crypto key generated
crypto key generate RSA modulus 1024
now with all that done, let's actually try a copy
go to a dos prompt and check this out:
C:\Temp>pscp -scp FILE.CSV admin@HOSTNAMEORIPHERE:FILE.CSV1Using keyboard-interactive authentication.Password:FILE.CSV | 0 kB | 0.7 kB/s | ETA: 00:00:00 | 100%replace HOSTNAMEORIPHERE with your IP address and you will see how it all works.
So there you have it! easy way to copy without FTP! Great isn't it!
Cheers
Pete