Upload Configuration Data as a Data Stream Using the Junos XML Protocol
In a Junos XML protocol session with a device running Junos
OS, to upload configuration data as a data stream, a client application
encloses the <load-configuration> tag
element in an <rpc> tag element.
To define the configuration elements to change as Junos
XML tag elements, the application emits the tag elements representing
all levels of the configuration hierarchy from the root (represented
by the <configuration> tag element)
down to each element to change.
<rpc>
<load-configuration>
<configuration>
<!-- tag elements representing the configuration data -->
</configuration>
</load-configuration>
</rpc>
To define the configuration data to change as formatted
ASCII text, the application encloses the statements in a <configuration-text> tag element and includes the format="text" attribute in the opening <load-configuration> tag.
<rpc>
<load-configuration format="text">
<configuration-text>
/* formatted ASCII configuration data */
</configuration-text>
</load-configuration>
</rpc>
To define the configuration data to change as Junos OS
configuration mode set commands, the application encloses
the commands in a <configuration-set> tag element and includes the action="set" and format="text" attributes in the opening <load-configuration> tag.
<rpc>
<load-configuration action="set" format="text">
<configuration-set>
/* configuration mode commands */
</configuration-set>
</load-configuration>
</rpc>
Starting in Junos
OS Release 16.1, you can load configuration data formatted using JavaScript
Object Notation (JSON) on devices running Junos OS. To define the configuration data to change as JSON format, the application
encloses the data in a <configuration-json> tag element and includes the format="json" attribute in the opening <load-configuration> tag.
<rpc>
<load-configuration format="json">
<configuration-json>
/* JSON-formatted configuration data */
</configuration-json>
</load-configuration>
</rpc>
For information about the syntax for Junos XML tag elements, formatted ASCII text, configuration mode commands, and JSON format, see Defining the Format of Configuration Data to Upload in a Junos XML Protocol Session.