Managing configuration files
You can save, activate, and import configurations in the Configurations page.
Each SteelHead Interceptor has an active, running configuration and a written, saved configuration.
When you apply your settings in the SteelHead Interceptor, the values are applied to the active running configuration, but the values are not written to disk and saved permanently.
When you save your configuration settings, the values are written to disk and saved permanently. They take effect after you restart the RiOS services to which the configuration was pushed.
Each time you save your configuration settings, they are written to the current running configuration, and a backup is created. For example, if the running configuration is myconfig and you save it, myconfig is backed up to myconfig.bak and myconfig is overwritten with the current configuration settings.
The Configuration Manager is a utility that enables you to save configurations as backups or to activate configuration backups.
The Configuration Manager also includes an Import Configuration utility to support these common use cases:
• Replacing a SteelHead Interceptor—If you are replacing one SteelHead Interceptor for another, you can import all of the network information (although not the licenses) and disconnect the old SteelHead before you switch configurations on the new SteelHead.
• Configuration template for a large deployment—You can avoid entering the complete SteelHead Interceptor configuration for every appliance in a large deployment by setting up a template SteelHead Interceptor and importing template settings to the configuration list.
Some configuration settings require that you restart the optimization service for the settings to take effect. For details about restarting the optimization service, see
Starting, stopping, and restarting the service.
To manage configurations
1. Choose Administration > System Settings: Configurations to display the Configurations page.
2. Under Current Configuration: <name>, complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control | Description |
Current Configuration: <configuration name> | View Running Config—Displays the running configuration settings in a new browser window. Save—Saves settings that have been applied to the running configuration. Revert—Reverts your settings to the running configuration. |
Save Current Configuration | Specify a new filename to save settings that have been applied to the running configuration as a new file, and then click Save As. |
3. Under Configurations, complete the configuration as described in this table.
Control | Description |
Import a New Configuration | Displays the controls to import a configuration from another appliance. |
IP/Hostname | Specify the IP address or hostname of the SteelHead Interceptor from which you want to import the configuration. |
Remote Admin Password | Specify the administrator password for the remote SteelHead Interceptor. |
Remote Config Name | Specify the name of the configuration you want to import from the remote SteelHead Interceptor. |
New Config Name | Specify a new, local configuration name. |
Import Shared Data Only | Takes a subset of the configuration settings from the imported configuration and combines them with the current configuration to create a new configuration. Import shared data is enabled by default. |
Import | Select to start the import process. |
Add | When the Import Shared Data Only check box is selected, activates the imported configuration and makes it the current configuration. This is the default. When the Import Shared Data Only check box is not selected, adds the imported configuration to the Configuration list. It does not become the active configuration until you select it from the list and click Activate. |
Remove Selected | Select the check box next to the name and click Remove Selected. |
Change Active Configuration | Select the configuration to activate from the drop-down list. |
4. Click Activate.