Config Backup Skill

Backup network device configurations to local storage with flexible filtering options.

Workflow

1. List Available Devices: Call list_devices() to view all devices and their group/role/site attributes
2. Filter Target Devices: Select devices by group, role, or site (e.g., "core role" → R3, R4)
3. Execute Backup Commands: Run nornir_execute(device, "show running-config") on each device
4. Save Configurations: Call save_device_config(device, "running", content) to persist backups

Device Classification

View device attributes with list_devices():

Device	Groups	Role	Site
R1	test	border	lab
R2	test	border	lab
R3	test	core	lab
R4	test	core	lab
SW1	test	access	lab
SW2	test	access	lab

Usage Examples

Backup by Group

User: backup group:test running config
Process:
  1. list_devices() → Find devices in "test" group
  2. Execute show running-config on R1, R2, R3, R4, SW1, SW2
  3. save_device_config saves each config to data/exports/

Backup by Role

User: backup role:core all configs
Process:
  1. list_devices() → Find devices with role="core" (R3, R4)
  2. nornir_execute fetches running + startup configs
  3. save_device_config persists both configs

Backup by Site

User: backup site:lab running config
Process:
  1. list_devices() → Find all devices at site="lab"
  2. Batch backup all 6 devices

Single Device Backup

User: backup R1 running config
Process:
  1. nornir_execute("R1", "show running-config")
  2. save_device_config("R1", "running", content)

Backup Types

• running - Current running configuration (show running-config)
• startup - Startup configuration (show startup-config)
• all - Both running and startup configs

Backup Storage

All backups are saved to agent_dir/data/configs/:

agent_dir/data/configs/
├── R1-running-config-20260108-120000.txt
├── R2-running-config-20260108-120000.txt
├── R1-startup-config-20260108-120000.txt
└── ...

Version Control with Git

# Initialize repository (one-time)
cd agent_dir/data
git init
git config user.name "OLAV Backup"

# After backup
git add -A
git commit -m "Backup $(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)"

# View backup history
git log --oneline | head -10

Supported Filters

Filter	Example	Matches
Group	group:test	All devices in "test" group
Role	role:core	All devices with role="core"
Site	site:lab	All devices at site="lab"
Comma-list	R1,R2,R3	Specific devices
All	all	All available devices