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.

Note: Only Administrators can perform the import and export 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

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