Lab A-2 Install SolarWinds SFTP Server

Topology & Starting Point

You should already have a working CUCM install within a virtual machine with a supporting network and services, as described in lab A-1. For simplicity, we'll be installing the SFTP server onto the same computer that hosts the CUCM VM. In regard to best practices, placing your backup destination on the same hardware as your backup source is clearly cringe-worthy, but we're just creating a learning environment. Also worrying is the practice of using a dynamic address (DHCP) for the computer that will host the SFTP server. The instructions for the lab where a backup destination is configured will need to include determining the address of the computer at that time, and they do.

Tasks

• Install SolarWinds SFTP Server on the computer that hosts your CUCM virtual machine. The IP address of the computer will be the IP address of the SFTP service.
• Make sure that the SFTP service is started and running

Exam Objectives

Installing an SFTP server, such as SolarWinds, provides the supporting infrastructure for labs that prepare test-takers for the following exam objectives:

Lab Walkthrough (Screenshots are clickable)

• Start the SolarWinds SFTP Program

  

  You're starting the program that allows you to configure the server. On a first run, the server will be stopped, as shown in the lower left corner of the window.

• Configure the SFTP Server

  

  (SolarWinds) File → Configure (General Tab) [New User]

  The defaults are probably fine. The destination directory defaults to a new directory at the top of the C: drive and you can move it somewhere easier to find if you want. The TCP/IP address of the server defaults to the address of the computer it's running on, we'll keep that.

• Add an SFTP User

  

  (SolarWinds) File → Configure (Users Tab) [New User]

  This is a user account name and password combination (cucmback/ciscoclass) that CUCM will use to authenticate itself when it writes to the SFTP server. With SolarWinds on Windows, the account is configured inside the program. In other operating systems, e.g. Unix, the account might be a "real" account, configured in the operating system and perhaps limited so that it couldn't be used by a human to log into the machine.

  In SolarWinds, after you enter the username and password, you need to click both the [Apply Changes] and the [OK] button to add the user.

• Configure SFTP as a Windows Service

  

  By now, you may have rushed ahead far enough to realize that you're not actually able to start the SFTP server the way you expected. Here's a workaround. In the Windows operating system, open the "Services" interface, scroll down to "SolarWinds SFTP" and double-click on the entry.

• Change to Automatic Startup

  

  Change the service's startup type from "Manual" to "Automatic" and click [Start].