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Configuration Management

There are two ways to detect configuration changes:

  • Syslog Triggered
  • Scheduled

Syslog Triggered

IP Fabric checks incoming syslog messages for key phrases (for example, Configured from console by admin15 on vty0.). This option needs the appropriate syslog configuration on the device side.

The syslog server listens on port 514/udp, and there is no additional configuration needed on the IP Fabric side. You can send syslog directly from network devices (example for Cisco IOS) or use a syslog forwarder (example for syslog-ng).

Please note:

  • The receiving port 514 cannot be modified.
  • The syslog messages are filtered and are stored in RabbitMQ, apart from the main DB, and cannot be observed in IP Fabric’s GUI.

To enable the syslog-triggered configuration management, go to Settings → Configuration Management → Configuration Management Setup and select Syslog Triggered.

Schedule

Configuration changes are checked at regular intervals as configured by you.

To enable scheduled configuration management, go to Settings → Configuration Management → Configuration Management Setup and select Schedule.

Example

Example for scheduling a check every day at 5:00, 5:30, 10:00, 10:30, 15:00, 15:30, 20:00, and 20:30.

Configuration Management Setup

Multiple values from the lists can be selected while holding the Ctrl or Shift keys.

Info

Since version 6.9, the speed of Configuration Management processing has been improved by increasing the number of concurrent CLI sessions from 10 to 80. If you need to lower the default value, please contact our Support team.

API Trigger

Configuration collection can be triggered for a single device via an API call based on an IP address or IP Fabric Unique Serial Number (sn). For complete instructions, please see Trigger Manual Configuration Backup.