4: Configuration Using XML
PremierWave® XC Intelligent Gateway Command Reference
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Importing and Exporting an XML Configuration File
An XCR can be imported or exported using the following methods:
Filesystem-XCRs can be saved to the intelligent gateway file system and imported or
accessed as needed. See
Best Practices on page 18
or the Filesystem Browser section in the
PremierWave XC Intelligent Gateway User Guide.
CLI-XCRs can be imported (captured) or exported (dumped) directly to a Telnet, SSH, or
serial line CLI session. Capturing an XCR can be started by pasting a valid XCR directly into
the CLI prompt. PremierWave XC intelligent gateway immediately processes the configuration
record, changing any settings specified. This can be done on any level, including the root.
Special tags in the XML allow for providing root and enable level passwords so that this can
also be done at the password prompt.
Web browser-Web Manager can be used to import and export an XCR to the intelligent
gateway file system. It can also be used to import an XCR from an external source such as
your local hard drive.
FTP-The intelligent gateway FTP server can export and import XCRs when an FTP get or put
command on the filename (pwxc.xcr for export, pwxc_import.xcr for import; both are under the
pwxc directory) is requested. On export (FTP get of pwxc.xcr), the FTP server obtains the
current XCR from the PremierWave XC device and sends it as a file. On import (FTP put of
pwxc_import.xcr), the FTP server processes the file by sending it directly to the XML engine.
In both cases the intelligent gateway filesystem is not accessed. The files pwxc.xcr and
pwxc_import.xcr are not read from or written to the file system. See FTP in the
PremierWave
XC Intelligent Gateway User Guide
.
Best Practices
You can import or export an entire XCR, or just a portion of it, by specifying the group name and/or
group instances. In the examples below, import and export operations are performed from the CLI
on the local filesystem and require a XCR on the local filesystem. The Web Manager provides the
same functionality.
Caution:
Using Microsoft Word to edit and save an XCR will change the format of
the file and make it incompatible with PremierWave XC intelligent
gateway. This is true even if the file is saved as Plain Text (.txt) or an
XML Document (.xml). Notepad, a third party text editor, or a specialized
XML editor should be used instead.
Importing
The following syntax can be used to import configurations from a file:
xcr import <file>
xcr import <file> <groups and/or group:instances>
The first line imports all groups specified in the XML config record named in <file>. Any filename is
valid, and the file name and extension are not important.
In the second line:
Instance follows group with a colon (see the third example on the next page).
Multiple groups are separated with a comma.
