configuration

Description

Use the configuration command to manipulate configuration files.

Syntax

configuration copy <filename> <filename>

configuration delete <filename>

configuration download <URL or scp://username:password@hostname/path/filename> [<filename>]

configuration download cancel

configuration factory <filename>

configuration merge <filename>

configuration move <filename> <filename>

configuration new <filename>

configuration reboot-next <filename>

configuration revert saved

configuration upload {active | <filename>} <URL or scp://username:password@hostname/path/filename>

configuration upload cancel

configuration write

configuration write to <filename>

Arguments

copy < filename> <filename>	Makes a copy of a configuration file. Specify, in order, the names of the existing source file and the new destination (configuration) file.
delete <filename>	Deletes the named configuration file. The filename you specify must be one of the configuration files listed on the appliance.
download {<URL or scp://username:password@hostname/path/filename>} [<new filename>]	Downloads a configuration file from a remote host. Optionally, you can rename the downloading file.
download cancel	Cancels a configuration file download.
factory <filename>	Creates a new configuration file.
merge <filename>	Merges settings from the specified configuration file to the currently active configuration file.
move <filename> <filename>	Renames a configuration file. First enter the current file name, followed by the new file name.
new <filename>	Creates a new configuration file with all defaults plus active licenses.
reboot-next <filename>	Loads the named configuration file at the next reboot.
revert saved	Reverts to the last saved configuration.
upload <filename> <URL or scp://username:password@hostname/path/filename>	Uploads an existing, inactive configuration file to a remote host, as specified by a URL or an SCP path.
upload active <URL or scp://username:password@hostname/path/filename>	Uploads the currently active configuration file to a remote host, as specified by a URL or an SCP path.
upload cancel	Cancels the configuration file upload.
write	Saves the running configuration to the active configuration file (same as the write memory).
write to <filename>	Saves the running configuration to an inactive file and makes that copy the active file.

 

Defaults

None.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See “show configuration”.

Usage Guidelines

To display a list of available files, enter one of the following commands, depending on what argument you’re using:

<silver-peak> (config) # configuration copy ?

<silver-peak> (config) # configuration delete ?

<silver-peak> (config) # configuration merge ?

<silver-peak> (config) # configuration move ?

<silver-peak> (config) # configuration reboot-next ?

<silver-peak> (config) # configuration upload ?

Examples

To make a copy of the configuration file, “Texas”, and rename it “Texarkana” (three possible ways):

•	(config) # configuration copy Texas Texarkana

•	(config) # config copy Texas Texarkana

•	(config) # co copy Texas Texarkana

To create a new, clean configuration file named, “wholesale”:

(config) # config new wholesale

To merge the setting from the inactive configuration file, “lanes”, with the currently active configuration file:

(config) # config merge lanes

To download the configuration file, “horsemen” from the URL, www.apocalypse.com/four/, and keep the original file name:

(config) # configuration download www.apocalyse.com/four/horsemen

To upload the configuration file, “initial.bak” to an account at the remote SCP host, “ocean”, and rename the file to “coyotes.bak”:

(config) # configuration upload initial.bak scp://root:seminole@ocean/tmp/coyotes.bk

To upload the configuration file, “initial.bak” to an account at the remote SCP host, 10.0.55.28, and rename the file to “coyotes.bak” at the destination:

(config) # configuration upload initial.bak scp://root:seminole@10.0.55.28/tmp/coyotes.bk

To rename the local configuration file, “laurel” to “andhardy”:

(config) # configuration move laurel andhardy

To load the configuration file, “wolves”, at the next reboot:

(config) # configuration reboot-next wolves

To save the running configuration as a new file named, “newDeployment”, and make it the active configuration:

(config) # configuration write to newDeployment

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