Request the Complete Configuration Using the Junos XML Protocol

A Junos XML protocol client application can request the complete configuration from a device running Junos OS or a device running Junos OS Evolved. To request the entire candidate configuration or the complete configuration in an open instance of the ephemeral configuration database, a client application emits the <rpc> and <get-configuration/> elements.

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If a client application issues the Junos XML protocol <open-configuration> operation to open a specific configuration database before executing the <get-configuration> operation, the server returns the configuration data from the open configuration database. Otherwise, the server returns the configuration data from the candidate configuration, unless the active configuration is explicitly requested by including the database="committed" attribute.

When the application requests Junos XML-tagged output (the default), the Junos XML protocol server returns the requested configuration in <configuration> and <rpc-reply> tag elements. For information about the attributes in the opening <configuration> tag, see Specify the Database Source for Configuration Data to Return.

To specify the source of the output (candidate or active configuration) and request special formatting of the output (for example, formatted ASCII or JSON or an indicator for identifiers), the application can include attributes in the <get-configuration/> tag, the opening <junoscript> tag, or both. For more information, see Specify the Database Source for Configuration Data to Return and Specify the Output Format for Configuration Data to Return.

The following example shows how to request the complete candidate configuration tagged with Junos XML tag elements (the default). In actual output, the JUNOS-version variable is replaced by a value such as 20.4R1 for the initial version of Junos OS Release 20.4.