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Define the Format of Configuration Data to Upload in a Junos XML Protocol Session

In a Junos XML protocol session with a device running Junos OS, a client application can upload configuration data to the device either in a file or as a data stream emitted during the Junos XML protocol session. In both cases, the client application can use Junos XML tag elements, formatted ASCII text, Junos OS configuration mode commands, or JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) to define the new configuration data.

If the application uses Junos XML tag elements, it includes the tag elements representing all levels of the configuration hierarchy from the root (the <configuration> tag element) down to each new or changed element. The notation is the same as that used to request configuration information, and is described in detail in Requesting Configuration Changes Using the Junos XML Protocol.

If the application provides the configuration data as formatted ASCII text, it uses the standard Junos OS CLI notation to indicate the hierarchical relationships between configuration statements—the newline character, tabs and other white space, braces, and square brackets. For each new or changed element, the complete statement path is specified, starting with the top-level statement that appears directly under the [edit] hierarchy level.

When ASCII text is provided as a data stream, it is enclosed in the <configuration-text> tag element.

When ASCII text is provided in a file, the <configuration-text> tag element is not included in the file.

When providing configuration data as ASCII text, the application must also include the format="text" attribute in the <load-configuration> tag.

Starting in Junos OS Release 11.4, you can load configuration data as configuration mode set commands. When you provide configuration data as configuration mode set commands, Junos OS executes the configuration instructions line by line. For each element, you can specify the complete statement path in the command, or you can use navigation commands, such as edit and up, to move around the configuration hierarchy as you would in CLI configuration mode.

When configuration mode set commands are provided as a data stream, the commands are enclosed in the <configuration-set> tag element.

When configuration mode set commands are provided in a file, the <configuration-set> tag element is not included in the file.

When providing configuration data as Junos OS configuration mode commands, the application must also include the action="set" and format="text" attributes in the <load-configuration> tag.

Starting in Junos OS Release 16.1, you can load configuration data formatted using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) on the device. If the application provides configuration data in JSON format, it includes the configuration data representing all levels of the configuration hierarchy from the root down to each new or changed element.

When configuration data in JSON format is provided as a data stream, the data is enclosed in the <configuration-json> tag element.

When configuration data in JSON format is provided in a file, the <configuration-json> tag element is not included in the file.

When providing configuration data in JSON format, the application must also include the format="json" attribute in the <load-configuration> tag.

The format attribute can be combined with one or more of the following attributes:

  • url

  • action

    Note:

    JSON format is only supported for action values of merge, override, and update.

For reference pages for the <configuration>, <configuration-text>, <configuration-set>, and <configuration-json> tag elements, see the Junos XML API Operational Developer Reference.