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Backup

Run a backup

Section titled “Run a backup”
Terminal window
python -m src --task BACKUP --commands backup --backup --devices config/devices.csv --workers 20

The --backup flag enables full running-config capture. Without it, only pre/post check snapshots are saved.

Output

Section titled “Output”

Backups are saved to BACKUP/YYYY-MM/{hostname}_{timestamp}.cfg.

Retention

Section titled “Retention”

Set backup.retention_days in config.yaml to automatically delete old backups:

backup:
  retention_days: 30   # 0 = keep all

Override per-run:

Terminal window
python -m src --task BACKUP --commands backup --backup --devices config/devices.csv --retention 60

Diff two configs

Section titled “Diff two configs”
Terminal window
python -m src --diff BACKUP/2026-04/CORE-SW-01_20260401.cfg BACKUP/2026-05/CORE-SW-01_20260501.cfg