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Install tftp server

Install tftp server package
sudo apt-get install -y xinetd tftpd tftp

Create xinetd tftp configuration

cat < /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
service tftp
{
protocol        = udp
port            = 69
socket_type     = dgram
wait            = yes
user            = nobody
server          = /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
server_args     = /tftpboot
disable         = no
}
EOF

Create /tftpboot folder

sudo mkdir /tftpboot
sudo chmod -R 777 /tftpboot
sudo chown -R nobody /tftpboot

Restart the xinetd service

sudo service xinetd restart

Testing our tftp server

ip a add 192.168.1.1/24 dev eth0:1
echo foo > /tftpboot/testfile
tftp 192.168.1.1
get testfile
quit

Links
https://askubuntu.com/questions/201505/how-do-i-install-and-run-a-tftp-server

LXD: tftp container (recover ASUS RT-N66U under Linux)

lxc launch ubuntu:20.04 tftp

lxc config device add tftp eth0 nic nictype=physical parent=enp0s25

lxc file push Downloads/RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_382_52272-g73d3ea2.trx tftp/tmp/
lxc shell tftp

apt update 
apt install -y tftp

ip l set dev eth0 up
ip a add 192.168.1.111/24 dev eth0


# ping 192.168.1.1

# tftp 
tftp> connect
(to) 192.168.1.1

put RT-N66U_3.0.0.4_382_52272-g73d3ea2.trx

Links
https://chrishardie.com/2013/02/asus-router-firmware-windows-mac-linux/

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