IDP – Configuration Management : Usage of the different configuration types

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A backup script in IDP has 3 different configuration types: StartUp, Running and Golden. What does this represent? How is each type used?

Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] Selected answer as best 2nd September 2020

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Hi Jens,

The types are used to distinguish different types of configurations.

Golden is usually used to refer to the one that is known to be stable and working well.

StartUp is the configuration the device booted with and Running is the active one.

This information can then be used to easily search and together with the comparison tool to identify what changes may have caused an issue

Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] Selected answer as best 2nd September 2020
Jens Vandewalle [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] commented

Thank you for the explanation. How do yo configure which type to use when executing the backup script?
Jarno Lernou [SLC] [DevOps Enabler] commented

Currently, the ‘Backup’ button in the IDP Application on the Configuration tab will always request the Running configuration.
João Severino [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] commented

Together with the IDP solution, the package contains some example scripts that can serve as a starting point to develop your own custom script.
One of them is “IDP_Example_Custom_ConfigurationBackup”, which contains as one of the input parameters “Configuration Type”.
This parameter contains the information regarding which type of backup it was triggered to take and it comes from IDP (currently contains the value Running when triggered from the button present in the Visio file of the IDP application).