gvsurenderreddy/config-loader

A SLAX script that simplifies loading a new configuration

#Config-Loader

A simple SLAX script that allows for easily loading a config onto a a Junos device

Loading the script

1. Place the script file "config-loader.slax" into the directory /var/db/scripts/op/ on the device
2. Enable the script for usage in the configuration ..1 set system scripts op file config-loader.slax
3. Commit the configuration ..1 If there is an error in the script or if the script is missing then Junos will throw an error

Usage

The tool can remotely load a configuration file via a file, FTP, or HTTP URL.

The script requires three arguments to load the configuration

1. source: The URL source for the config

• FTP, HTTP, or a file path
• FTP Example ftp://foo:[email protected]:/config.text
• HTTP Example http://1.2.3.4:8080/config.text
• FILE Example /var/tmp/config.text

2. action: The action to take with the config

• replace: Replaces the existing configuration with the newly loaded configuration file
• merge: Merges the newly loaded configuration with the existing config
• override: Discards all other candidate configurations and replaces it with the loaded config (not needed for this use case)
• set: Set is specified when the text file you are loaded uses configuration CLI commands

3. format: The format of the loaded configuration

• xml: Specifies the loaded file is XML
• text: Specifies the file is loaded as a text config
  • This supports the junos formatted file or a series of CLI set/delete commands
  • If the loaded file is a series of set/delete commands the action MUST be set to "set"

Examples

Successfully loaded config:

root@device> op config-loader action set format text source http://172.16.237.1:8080/testconfig.set
Opening candidate configuration
Loading new configuration
Commiting candidate configuration

Error fetching config:
rroot@device> op config-loader action set format text source http://172.16.237.1:8080/testconfig.bad                      
Opening candidate configuration
Loading new configuration
Error fetching config

fetch: http://172.16.237.1:*: Not Found

Testing

Included in the repository under the tests/ folder is a series of test cases that can be used to test the tool