CML 2.5

[imanless]

Hello. I have a question. Is there a way to configure the image of the devices (such as routers and switches), that whenever I bring them into my lab, they have a start-up config same as the one I configured them with. Like I don't want to configure "logging synchronous" on each and every router every time I set them up for my labs. Is there a way to embed this command permanently into the device's image ?

[Ramblin Tech]

Yes, but not in the image. You can edit the "provisioning" section of the node definition to add commands that all nodes of this type will initially run.

[imanless]

Thankyou for the quick response. But why is the provisioning section greyed out ?

[Ramblin Tech]

I upgraded to 2.6 so not entirely sure how much difference there is with 2.5 wrt the node definition page, but with 2.6 there is a Read-Only toggle switch at the top of the page. Might be there for 2.5 as well, but I do not remember. Also, even with Read-Only disabled, there is a an "Editable" toggle in the provisioning section.

[imanless]

This is what it says for me. No toggle button to change the read-only mode.

and then this is the provisioning area.

[Ramblin Tech · Accepted solution]

Looks like this capability is new to 2.6; from the Release Notes:

Improvements to Node and Image Definitions

CML 2.6 introduces an option to make node definitions read-only or read-write, enabling you to prevent or allow changes to a node definition.