Lab 4: Manage configurations with Golden Config

Part 6. Fun with config compliance and remediation pt.2

1. Once again, let’s apply the changes we made to our templates on the network devices. Navigate to Nautobot

2. Click “Jobs -> Jobs”

3. Run the “Execute All Golden Configuration Jobs - Multiple Device” Job again.

4. Click “Run Job Now”

5. Click “Golden Config” in the left navbar to expand the sub menu

6. Click “Config Compliance” in the sub menu

7. As you can see, after the changes we made to our templates, the running configs differ from the intended ones in regards of the OSPF and Interfaces segments

8. In order to remediate this, click “Config Plans” in the left navbar

9. Click “Add Config Plan”

10. Select the “Missing” option.

11. Click the “Feature” dropdown.

12. Select “Interfaces” and “OSPF”

13. Click “Generate”

14. Click “Close”

15. Click “Config Plans” in the left navbar

16. Select all plans in order to approve them

17. Click “Edit Selected”

18. Click the “Status” dropdown

19. Click “Approved”

20. Click “Apply”

21. Click “Config Plans” in the left navbar

22. Select all plans again in order to deploy them to the nodes

23. Click “Deploy Selected”

24. Click “OK”

25. Click “Close”

26. Last, let’s verify that the changes have been applied to the devices. Click “Jobs -> Jobs” in the left navbar

27. Run the “Execute All Golden Configuration Jobs - Multiple Device” Job again.

28. Click “Run Job Now”

29. Click “Golden Config” in the left navbar to expand the sub menu

30. Click “Config Compliance” in the sub menu

31. As you can see, after the remediation steps, running configurations now match our intended

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