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Requesting a Configuration Hierarchy Level or Container Object Without an Identifier Using NETCONF

In a NETCONF session with a device running Junos OS, to request complete information about all child configuration elements at a hierarchy level or in a container object that does not have an identifier, a client application emits a <filter> tag element that encloses the tag elements representing all levels in the configuration hierarchy from the root (represented by the <configuration> tag element) down to the immediate parent level of the level or container object, which is represented by an empty tag. The entire request is enclosed in an <rpc> tag element:

<rpc><get-config><source><!-- tag specifying the source configuration --> </source><filter type="subtree"><configuration><!-- opening tags for each parent of the requested level --><level-or-container/><!-- closing tags for each parent of the requested level --></configuration></filter> </get-config></rpc>
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For information about the <source> tag element, see Requesting Committed or Candidate Configuration Information Using NETCONF.

The NETCONF server returns the requested section of the configuration in <data> and <rpc-reply> tag elements. For information about the attributes in the opening <configuration> tag, see Requesting Committed or Candidate Configuration Information Using NETCONF.

<rpc-reply xmlns="URN" xmlns:junos="URL"><data><configuration attributes><!-- opening tags for each parent of the level --><level-or-container> <!-- child tag elements of the level or container --></level-or-container><!-- closing tags for each parent of the level --></configuration></data></rpc-reply>
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The application can also request additional configuration elements of the same or other types by including the appropriate tag elements in the same <get-config> tag element. For more information, see Requesting Multiple Configuration Elements Simultaneously Using NETCONF.

The following example shows how to request the contents of the [edit system login] hierarchy level in the candidate configuration.

 

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Published: 2013-07-26

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