topic Re: Automatic download of ZoneDirector config in ZoneDirector

Automatic download of ZoneDirector config

david_sieborger — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:36:51 GMT

I need to set up automatic backups of our ZoneDirector configs as they're sufficiently complex that I really don't want to ever have to redo them from scratch. I couldn't find any way to download the binary config files except through the web interface -- am I missing anything obvious?

I've written a small shell script that uses curl to login to the ZD and download the config file. I've tested with 9.8.2 on a ZD5000, but because the URLs may change, it may well need tweaking for future versions of the software. I've set up a cron job to run it daily.

https://gist.github.com/dsieborger/79a07aea42fa832cc092

Re: Automatic download of ZoneDirector config

michael_brado — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:29:01 GMT

Hi David,

Beside the WebUI method of saving a ZoneDirector backup, you can also save and send it
to a TFTP server from the ZD CLI debug mode. I'm not sure, but if you can script this, it could
be executed by cron on a daily/weekly basis.

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/answers/000001907

Re: Automatic download of ZoneDirector config

david_sieborger — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:44:13 GMT

Hi Michael,

Thanks, I hadn't found that. If only there was a way to get the TFTP transfer to happen on a scheduled basis, that'd solve my problem quite neatly. One could script it with expect, like this, I guess: https://forums.ruckuswireless.com/ruckuswireless/topics/has_anyone_created_an_expect_script_to_backup_the_configuration_file_of_the_zonedirector

Re: Automatic download of ZoneDirector config

bill_burns_6069 — Wed, 13 May 2015 01:15:52 GMT

David:

Yes. There's a "--debug" flag in ruckusconf that puts the controller into debug mode.
Then you can add a "--command" option to run anything you'd type into the controller's commandline.

(like whatever command kicks off a TFTP transfer)

note: even though a "regular" ruckusconf config download can't be re-entered into the controller, it could be useful to download it on a scheduled basis so that you could do a "diff" between config versions and use that as a primitive change-control solution.

Re: Automatic download of ZoneDirector config

PioMat — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 06:47:47 GMT

Hello,

I need to set autobackup on my zd 1200. The previous link to github is not working.
Can anybody provide working one or help by posting working script?