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Learn how to install, configure, and operate the Vyatta Network Operating System (Vyatta NOS) and Orchestrator, which help drive our virtual networking and physical platforms portfolio.

Terminology

An overview of the terminology used within configurations.

Several versions of system configuration information exist on the system at a given time.

  • Active or “running” configuration. This configuration is the one that is loaded and being used by the system.
  • Working configuration. When you enter configuration mode and make configuration changes, changes remain in working configuration until you commit the changes, at which time the configuration becomes active or running.
  • Saved or “boot” configuration. If you save configuration (by using the save command), it is saved to the config.boot file in the /config directory of the local system. When you reboot, the system reads and loads the configuration from config.boot.

CLI configuration states shows configuration states possible in the Vyatta CLI.

Figure 1. CLI configuration states