Copying Files To and From a Cisco Router with SCP/SSH

Typically I am having to upload files a Cisco device across the Internet.  Doing so, I found TFTP or evening having a TFTP server problematic.  An easier solution is to have any standard SSH server (Linux, Unix) and copy the files to and from the server.

To upload files to the server, I use WINSCP ( https://winscp.net ).  This allows me to upload the file to my server very easily.  All I have to do is connect up (username/password) to my server IP address.  The interface is intuitive.

To download the file to the Cisco device I use the command:

copy scp://<User>:<Password>@<Server-IP>/<File-name> flash0://<File-Name>

<User>: JDOE

<Password>: Something-Annoying!

<Server-IP>: 173.255.173.150

<File-name>: c2900-universalk9-mz.SPA.153-3.M8a.bin

Now the command with the actual information in.

copy scp://JDOE: Something-Annoying!@ 173.255.173.150/c2900-universalk9-mz.SPA.153-3.M8a.bin flash0:// c2900-universalk9-mz.SPA.153-3.M8a.bin

Now the file starts coming down with no need to do anything more.

Jason Howe, PEI