How to Install Simple TFTP server for Ubuntu 16.04 & 17.04

Installation

sudo apt-get install tftpd-hpa

sudo service tftpd-hpa status

netstat -a | grep tftp

Configuration

Mkdir /tftp

sudo cp /etc/default/tftpd-hpa /etc/default/tftpd-hpa.ORIGINAL

sudo vi /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

TFTP_DIRECTORY=”/tftp”

TFTP_OPTIONS=”–secure –create”

TFTP_ADDRESS=”:69″

Modify Permissions on TFTP Root Directory

sudo chown -R tftp:nogroup /tftp

service tftpd-hpa restart