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[netconf] Clarification on NETCONF edit-config default-operation replace

"Ivory, William" <william.ivory@intl.att.com> Thu, 05 March 2020 12:35 UTC

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From: "Ivory, William" <william.ivory@intl.att.com>
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Thread-Topic: Clarification on NETCONF edit-config default-operation replace
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Subject: [netconf] Clarification on NETCONF edit-config default-operation replace
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Hi,

I'd appreciate clarification on the following NETCONF operations relating to copy-config and edit-config:

My understanding is as follows:

- <copy-config> completely replaces any existing configuration

- <edit-config> with operation:replace attribute will replace any existing configuration with new configuration for nodes specified inside the <config> operation. The attribute may be at any level in the request, and applies only to the node specified and nodes under that node.

Where I'm not clear is the <edit-config> operation with the default-operation parameter set to replace. RFC 6241 section 7.2 states:


         replace:  The configuration data in the <config> parameter
            completely replaces the configuration in the target
            datastore.  This is useful for loading previously saved
            configuration data.


Does this mean that this is the equivalent of the <copy-config> operation, ie ALL existing configuration should be removed, even if there is no explicit replacement in the new <config> section?

Thanks,

William

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