Uploading Configuration Changes Using the CLI

Procedure

Step 1

Outside of the CLI, ensure that you are able to access the configuration directory of the appliance. See IP Interfaces and Accessing the Appliance for more information.

Step 2

Place an entire configuration file or subsection of a configuration file in the configuration directory of the appliance, or edit an existing configuration that was created from the saveconfig command.

Step 3

Within the CLI, use the loadconfig command to load the configuration file you placed in the directory from Step 2, or paste the text (XML syntax) directly into the CLI.

In this example, a file named changed.config.xml is uploaded and the changes are committed:

Example:


mail3.example.com> 
l
oadconfig
1. Paste via CLI
2. Load from file
[1]> 2
Enter the name of the file to import:
[]> changed.config.xml
Values have been loaded.
Be sure to run "commit" to make these settings active.
mail3.example.com> commit

In this example, a new configuration file is pasted directly at the command line. (Remember to press Ctrl-D on a blank line to end the paste command.) Then the System Setup Wizard is used to change the default hostname, IP address, and gateway information. (For more information, see Running the System Setup Wizard.) Finally, the changes are committed.

Example:


mail3.example.com> loadconfig
1. Paste via CLI
2. Load from file
[1]> 1
Paste the configuration file now. Press CTRL-D on a blank line when done.
[The configuration file is pasted until the end tag 
</config>
. Control-D is entered on a separate line.] 
Values have been loaded.
Be sure to run "commit" to make these settings active.
mail3.example.com> commit
Please enter some comments describing your changes:
[]> pasted new configuration file and changed default settings