80; Connection refused

Question

I'm trying to post tar archive from one remote server to another, but while I execute the command

curl --user "root:$password" -X POST -T archive.tar ip-address

I get

curl: (7) Failed connect to ip-address:80; Connection refused

What should I change at ip-address server to open 80 either 8080 ports?

These ports are not in listen state while I execute netstat -atpn

Are 80 and 8080 ports should be listened by additional software I need install firstly? — palmasd1, Feb 13 '24 at 07:37
No. You need to install a web server like Apache2 to listen on 80 or 8080. Even with it installed, it won't accept file uploads or POST without additional software. You probably want to install a SSH server, then use scp on the client to upload the file — Daniel T, Feb 13 '24 at 07:51
@DanielT Would my current question enabled by search engines either it would be removed? — palmasd1, Feb 13 '24 at 09:37
Duplicates (at least those that are not downvoted) are usually not removed because they serve a signposts (such as for search engines) towards the canonical question. I find it strange that you found something that told you to use a curl with POST to transfer files. Which website told you to do that? — Daniel T, Feb 13 '24 at 09:43
@DanielT I don't remember. I just have always download the files from dumpfile to several different hosts, so now I was need to upload my files and found such way. — palmasd1, Feb 14 '24 at 04:25

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 13 '24 at 09:34

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Alternate way to transfer files between the servers is scp file_path user@server_ip:path

edited Feb 13 '24 at 09:34

Daniel T

answered Feb 13 '24 at 09:15

palmasd1

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