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diff --git a/docs/configuration-overview.rst b/docs/configuration-overview.rst index cadaabac..27bd5d36 100644 --- a/docs/configuration-overview.rst +++ b/docs/configuration-overview.rst @@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ A VyOS system has three major types of configurations: can be multiple configuration files. The default or "boot" configuration is saved and loaded from the file ``/config/config.boot``. -Work the Config -=============== +Seeing the configuration +======================== .. opcmd:: show configuration @@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ Both these commands should be executed when in operational mode, they do not work directly in configuration mode. The is a special way on how to :ref:`run_opmode_from_config_mode`. -Navigating -========== +Navigating the configuration +============================ When entering the configuration mode you are navigating inside the tree structure exported in the overview above, to enter configuration mode enter @@ -223,10 +223,10 @@ to the top level. vyos@vyos# exit Warning: configuration changes have not been saved. -Managing -======== +Editing the configuration +========================= -The configuration is managed by the use of :cfgcmd:`set` and :cfgcmd:`delete` +The configuration can be edited by the use of :cfgcmd:`set` and :cfgcmd:`delete` commands from within configuration mode. Configuration commands are flattened from the tree into 'one-liner' commands shown in :opcmd:`show configuration commands` from operation mode. @@ -337,11 +337,14 @@ commands. --------- ---------- --- ----------- eth0 0.0.0.0/0 u/u -Config Archive -============== +Managing configurations +======================= -VyOS automatically maintains backups of every previous configurations which -has been committed to the system. +VyOS comes with an integrated versioning system for the system configuration. +It automatically maintains a backup of every previous configuration +which has been committed to the system. +The configurations are versioned locally for rollback +but they can also be stored on a remote host for archiving/backup reasons. Local Archive ------------- @@ -416,6 +419,7 @@ previous revisions if something goes wrong. You can specify the number of revisions stored on disk. N can be in the range of 0 - 65535. When the number of revisions exceeds the configured value, the oldest revision is removed. + The default setting for this value is to store 20 revisions locally. Rollback Changes ---------------- @@ -443,19 +447,26 @@ Remote Archive -------------- VyOS can upload the configuration to a remote location after each call to -:cfgcmd:`commit`. TFTP, FTP, and SFTP servers are supported. +:cfgcmd:`commit`. You will have to set the commit-archive location. +TFTP, FTP, and SFTP servers are supported. +Every time a :cfgcmd:`commit` is successfull +the ``config.boot`` file will be copied to the defined destination(s). +The filename used on the remote host will be ``config.boot-hostname.YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS`` -.. cfgcmd set system config-management commit-archive location <URI> +.. cfgcmd:: set system config-management commit-archive location <URI> - Specify remote location of commit archive. + Specify remote location of commit archive as any of the below :abbr:`URI (Uniform + Resource Identifier)` - * scp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<dir> - * sftp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<dir> - * ftp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<dir> - * tftp://<host>/<dir> + * ``scp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<dir>`` + * ``sftp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<dir>`` + * ``ftp://<user>:<passwd>@<host>/<dir>`` + * ``tftp://<host>/<dir>`` + +.. note:: The number of revisions don't affect the commit-archive. Restore Default -=============== +--------------- In the case you want to completely delete your configuration and restore the default one, you can enter the following command in configuration mode: |