AOS Device Agent Configuration File

Controller Section

[controller]
# <metadb> provides directory service for AOS. It must be configured properly
# for a device to connect to AOS controller.
metadb = tbt://aos-server:29731
# Use <web> to specify AOS web server IP address or name. This is used by
# device to make REST API calls to AOS controller. It is assumed that AOS web
# server is running on the same host as metadb if this option is not specified
web =
# <interface> is used to specify the management interface.This is currently
# being used only on server devices and the AOS agent on the server device will
# not come up unless this is specified.
interface =

metadb

Agent Server Discovery is a client-server model. The AOS Device agent registers directly to the AOS server via the metadb connection. The AOS server can be discovered from static IP or DNS.

Dynamic DNS - By default, AOS device agents point to the DNS entry aos-server, relying on dhcp-provided DNS resolution and hostname resolution. On the AOS server, if the metadb connection entry points to a DNS entry, then the AOS agents must be able to resolve that DNS entry as well. DNS must be configured so aos-server resolves to an interface on the AOS server itself, and so the agents are configured with metadb = tbt://aos-server:29731

Static DNS - We can add a static DNS entry pointing directly to the IP of aos-server. Add a static DNS entry, or use a DNS Nameserver configuration on the device.

Arista and Cisco static hostname

localhost(config)#ip host aos-server 192.168.25.250

Cumulus and Linux static hostnames /etc/hosts

192.168.25.250 aos-server

Obtaining the IP from the AOS Server

admin@aos-server:~# ip addr show dev eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
    link/ether 08:00:27:8a:39:05 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.168.59.250/24 brd 192.168.59.255 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe8a:3905/64 scope link
    valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Then the agents will be configured with metadb = tbt://aos-server:29731

web

In a future release, the AOS REST API will be able to run on a separate server from the AOS server itself. This feature is for Apstra internal usage only.

interface

The device agent source interface applies to Linux servers only (Ubuntu, CentOS). This source IP is the server interface that the device agent uses when registering with AOS. For example, on a server, to bind the device agent to eth1 instead of the default eth0, specify interface = eth1.

Service Section

[service]
# AOS device agent by default starts in "telemetry-only" mode.Set following
# variable to 1 if you want AOS agent to manage the configuration of your
# device.
enable_configuration_service = 0
# When managing device configuration AOS agent will restore backup config if it
# fails to connect to AOS controller in <backup_config_restoration_timeout>,
# specified as <hh:mm:ss>. Set it to 00:00:00 to disable backup restoration
backup_config_restoration_timeout = 00:00:00

The service section manages specific agent configuration related to configuration rendering and telemetry services.

enable_configuration_service

This field specifies the operation mode of the device agent: telemetry only or full control.

enable_configuration_service = 0 Leaving the default value of 0 allows AOS to push telemetry (alerts) only. Configuration files are not modified. This ensures that AOS does not modify any configurations unless specified by the network administrator.

enable_configuration_service = 1 Setting this field to 1 allows AOS to fully manage the device agent configuration, including pushing discovery and full intent-based configuration.

backup_config_restoration_timeout

By design, AOS does not store configuration on the device. This prevents a device from booting up and immediately participating in fabric that may not be properly configured yet. Following system startup, after the discovery phase completes, AOS configures the AOS device agent.

backup_restoration_timeout = 00:00:00 This disabled state (default) keeps the AOS device agent from replacing the running configuration if it cannot contact the AOS server. Any previous configuration state will not be restored.

backup_restoration_timeout = 00:15:00 Any value other than the default 00:00:00 enables the AOS agent to boot and replace the running configuration with the most known previous state after the specified period of time (fifteen minutes in this example). Specifically, the files from /.aos/rendered/ are restored to the system after the configuration restore period expires.

Logrotate Section

[logrotate]

# AOS has builtin log rotate functionality. You can disable it by setting
# <enable_log_rotate> to 0 if you want to use linux logrotate utility to manage
# your log files. AOS agent reopens log file on SIGHUP
enable_log_rotate = 1
# Log file will be rotated when its size exceeds <max_file_size>
max_file_size = 1M
# The most recent <max_kept_backups> rotated log files will be saved. Older
# ones will be removed. Specify 0 to not save rotated log files, i.e. the log
# file will be removed as soon as its size exceeds limit.
max_kept_backups = 5
# Interval, specified as <hh:mm:ss>, at which log files are checked for
# rotation.
check_interval = 1:00:00

AOS logs to the /var/log/aos folder under a series of files. AOS implements its own method of log rotation to prevent /var/log/aos from filling up. Log rotation can be enabled 1 or disabled 0. Each individual log file is rotated when it approaches the appropriate maximum size. Log rotation occurs by default every hour.

Device Info Section

[device_info]
# <model> is used to specify the device's hardware model to be reported to AOS
# device manager. This is only used by servers, so can be ignored for non-
# server devices such as switches. By default a server reports "Generic Model"
# which matches a particular HCL entry's selector::model value in AOS. Specify
# another model for the server to be classified as a different HCL entry.
model = Generic Model

model

The device info section is used to modify the default device model of servers as they register to AOS. For example, Server 2x10G changes the server to a dual-attached L3 server. All valid options for model include:

• Generic Model
• Server 2x10G
• Server 1x25G
• Server 1x40G
• Server 4x10G

Device Profile Section

# <device_profile_id> is used to specify the device profile to be associated to
# the device. Selector in the specified device profile should match the
# reported device facts.
device_profile_id =
[credential]
username = admin