Overview

This article describes a step-by-step approach on how to do a manual backup Quagga configuration onto a remote server, reset the USW-Leaf switch to default settings and restore the configuration once again. It can also be useful when migrating an existing configuration to a new one.

NOTES & REQUIREMENTS:

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Before proceeding with this method, make sure that you have SSH access (and optionally, a TFTP server) on the network on which you have IP connectivity. This server will be used as backup storage location.

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How to Perform a Backup and Restoration

CLI: Access the Command Line Interface on the USW-Leaf using SSH.

1. Log in to device using your credentials.

2. Use the vtysh command to enter the vtysh mode. This mode is used for switching-related commands.

vtysh

  ___ ___      .__________.__
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      Welcome to UniFi Switch Spine!
      Type 'vtysh' to start configuration.

$ vtysh

Hello, this is Quagga.
Copyright 1996-2005 Kunihiro Ishiguro, et al.

UBNT#

3. Save the running config to the startup config (Quagga.conf) from the vtysh mode.

write

UBNT# write
Building Configuration...
Integrated configuration saved to /etc/quagga/Quagga.conf
[cli_mode] Integrated configuration copied to persistent storage
[OK]

4. Exit out of the vtysh mode with the exit command.

exit

5. Back up the /etc/quagga/Quagga.conf to your remote server using either SCP or TFTP.

scp /etc/quagga/Quagga.conf <user>@<ip>:/Quagga.conf.bkp

cd /etc/quagga/
tftp -p -r Quagga.conf <ip>

Make sure the backup completed successfully by checking the configuration with a text editor. The content of the file should be the same as what you would see if you run the show running-config command.

Restoration Procedure

1. Make sure that you exit out of the vtysh mode with the exit command.

2. Reset the switch to factory defaults:

factory-reset.sh

3. Configure the management IP address to reach the remote host.

DHCP

vtysh
configure terminal
interface bridge 1
 ip address dhcp
 exit
exit
exit

Static

vtysh
configure terminal
interface bridge 1
 ip address <ip/prefix-length>
 exit
exit
exit

NOTE: See the UniFi - USW Leaf: CLI Command Comparison article for more information on the available CLI commands.

4. From the $ shell, run the following command to restore the configuration from your remote server using either SCP or TFTP.

scp <user>@<ip>:/Quagga.conf.bkp /config/Quagga.conf

cd /config/
tftp -g -r Quagga.conf <ip>

5. Reboot the device after the transfer has successfully completed.

reboot

Testing & Verification

Use the show running-config command in vtysh mode to confirm that the configuration file has been restored to the switch.

vtysh
show running-config

Afterwards, you can compare the terminal output with the backup configuration stored on your remote server.

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