Golden Config
Golden Config is a key feature in the Golden Engineering Studio (GES). It is responsible for defining, discovering, managing, and verifying the golden configuration rules for network design. It ensures optimal network operations and enhances security.
Introduction to Main Terms of Golden Config
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Golden Config: A segment of configlet representing the standard for network design. For networks, based on the number of applicable devices, it is divided into network-wide golden config (defined through golden rules combined with golden devices) and local golden config (defined directly through golden configlets).
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Golden Config Template: It defines the configuration that will be compared against the target config.
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Golden Config Rule: Golden Config Rule defines the target config, the devices to which it applies, the method for discovering the golden config template, and the message format for rule compliance or violation. Each Golden Config Rule contains one Golden Config Template. A Golden Config is obtained either through Method 1 Forward Engineering from Template or Method 2 Reverse Engineering from Group of Devices, including corresponding apply-to-device information and further instance condition details.
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Forward Engineering (FE): If there are any templates or standard configuration existing across few devices in the network, user can choose them as golden config and validate whether the available devices are configured with the same Golden configuration.
- Reverse Engineering (RE): Device scope cannot be easily defined in some of the network features, in such cases use reverse engineering to identify all possible design patterns and define the local config for the target devices.