Router or switch configuration template

[Qacer]

Is there a way to capture a baseline configuration of a router or switch and arrange it in such a way to create a template that can be used to ensure that similar routers or switches are configured consistently?

I'm not a router or switch expert, so I'm not sure if someone already created such a configuration template.

What I want to do is capture the configuration of an existing router. Then, categorize the configuration, so it can be used by someone as a tool to check whether new routers are configured like the baseline router.

 

[VulgarDisplay]

What brand of equipment?

 

[chedrz]

Copy the running/startup configuration?

 

[imagoon]

We do it all the time with variables for Cisco stuff.

 

[Mushkins]

Pretty much all business class routers/switches can do this. You just copy the running/startup configs to a text file. Then you can print them and go line by line, or write a little program to parse the text files and compare them.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

If using cisco you can either just copy the text after doing a show run. Or you can copy the config to a tftp server and then deploy to others. There are other ways as well, but it really depends on what gear you are using and how much hassle you want. Ciscoworks can do deployments as well and I believe prime infrastructure can also.

 

[Qacer]

Thanks all! My challenge is translating how a particular Cisco router is configured into a high level configuration template that someone else can use to configure a Juniper router, for example.

 

[kevnich2]

Thanks all! My challenge is translating how a particular Cisco router is configured into a high level configuration template that someone else can use to configure a Juniper router, for example.

Yeah just copy the run config to tftp server and then you can do a comparison between the two. Obviously Cisco and juniper will have differences as far as commands but you can usually figure that out by the config files.