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#86: David Bombal: Network Automation: Schedule Cisco config backups with kron and archive
Description
Network Automation isn't difficult. With just a few CLI commands you can automate the backup of your Cisco networks. Use Kron and archive to back up configs to TFTP, FTP or SCP servers. Don't try to do everything manually. Automate it! Just like cron in Linux, you can use kron on Cisco IOS to schedule things. Schedule backups, schedule TCL scripts and much more.
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Menu:
1) Intro: 0:01
2) IOS requirements: 2:02
3) Lab Setup: 2:42
4) Kron config: 4:24
5) Archive config: 9:01
In later videos I'll show you how to use Python scripts and other cool options on Cisco IOS devices.
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Free TFTP Server:
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Free SolarWinds TFTP Server: bit.ly/2mbtD6j
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Documentation:
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Kron: bit.ly/2kkgIhU
Archive:
bit.ly/2kI8BMb
bit.ly/2mgQa1L
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Books:
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Cisco Press Book: amzn.to/2LpaU1a
Good O'Reilly Book: amzn.to/2Lpbw6Z
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Kron Script:
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kron policy-list backupconfig
cli show running-config | redirect tftp://10.1.3.4/r1-shrun.cfg
kron occurrence backupminute in 1 recurring
policy-list backupconfig
kron occurrence backupweekly at 23:00 Sun recurring
policy-list backupconfig
debug kron all
show kron schedule
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Archive Script:
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archive
log config
logging enable
hidekeys
path tftp://10.1.3.4/$h-
wr
time-peiod 10080
!
sh archive
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10x Engineer
CCNA
DevNet
Cisco Devnet Associate
CCNP Enterprise
CCNP Security
CCNP Data Center
CCNP Service Provider
CCNP Collaboration
Cisco Certified Devnet Professional
Cisco Certified Network Professional
Python
Network Automation
Network Programmability
LPIC 1
LPIC 2
Linux Professional Institute
LX0-103
LX0-104
XK0-004
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David Bombal
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