Exporting and Importing Configuration

You can import and export the Operations Hub configuration using the Cisco Operations Hub UI or RESTful APIs.

  • Export - Enables you to store the exported configuration at a secure location.

  • Import - Enables you to import the configuration during disaster recovery to restore the Cisco Operations Hub to its original configuration.

From Cisco Operations Hub cluster, you can import and export data for the following components:

  • User management data

  • LDAP configuration

  • Tag information

  • Login banner content

  • User created Grafana and Kibana dashboards


Note

Only Administrators can perform the import and export configuration.

Importing Configuration Using Cisco Operations Hub

This procedure imports the Cisco Operations Hub configuration.

Procedure

Step 1

At the main menu, select System > Import & Export.

The Import & Export page appears.

Step 2

In the Import Configuration area, browse and choose an Operations Hub configuration file or drag and drop the file. The Operations Hub configuration file must be in the tar.gz format.

Step 3

click Import.

Note

 

User passwords are not exported when you export the Cisco Operations Hub configuration. Therefore you have to provide a password before importing any configuration file. Otherwise the user management data cannot be imported.

To update the user password in the user management file, complete the following steps:

  1. Extract the exported Cisco Operations Hub configuration files.

  2. Add a password in the user management JSON file.

  3. Repack the files.

Exporting Configuration Using Cisco Operations Hub

This procedure exports the Cisco Operations Hub configuration.

Procedure

Step 1

At the main menu, select System > Import & Export.

The Import & Export page appears.

Step 2

In the Export Configuration area, click Export to download the file containing the Operations Hub configuration.

Step 3

Rename the file and save it to a secure location.

Importing Configuration Using RESTful API

You can import the Cisco Operations Hub configuration and check the status of the import operation using the following APIs:


https://<HostName>/utility/v1/config/import
https://<HostName>/utility/v1/config/operation/status

Exporting Configuration Using RESTful API

You can export the Cisco Operations Hub configuration and check the status of the export operation using the following APIs:

https://<HostName>/utility/v1/config/export
https://<HostName>/utility/v1/config/operation/status