Exporting a Profile Configuration

Use the export subcommand to save a profile configuration. Exporting a profile can be useful if you are responsible for maintaining multiple servers that require identical network configurations. The export subcommand can be used either interactively or in command-line mode. When a profile is exported, the output is displayed as a series of subcommands that the netcfg command is capable of interpreting. These subcommands are similar to commands that you would type in the interactive or command-line mode.

The syntax for the export subcommand is as follows:

netcfg> export [ -d ] [ -f output-file ] [ object-type  [ class ] object-name ]

The following example shows how to display a profile configuration on-screen by using the export subcommand interactively.

$ netcfg
netcfg> export
create ncp "myncp"
create ncu ip "net0"
set ip-version=ipv4
set ipv4-addrsrc=dhcp
set ipv6-addrsrc=dhcp,autoconf
end
create ncu phys "net0"
set activation-mode=manual
set mtu=5000
end
end
create loc "test-loc"
set activation-mode=conditional-all
set conditions="system-domain is example.com"
set nameservices=dns
set nameservices-config-file="/etc/nsswitch.dns"
set dns-nameservice-configsrc=dhcp
end
create enm "test-enm"
set activation-mode=conditional-all
set conditions="ip-address is-not-in-range 10.2.3.4"
set fmri="svc:/application/test-enm:default"
end
create wlan "mywifi"
set priority=100
set keyname="mywifi-key"
set security-mode=wpa
end

In the command-line mode, you would type the following command:

$ netcfg export

You can use the –d option with the export subcommand to add the destroy –a command as the first line of the netcfg export output, as shown in the following example, which has been truncated for the sake of brevity:

$ netcfg
netcfg> export -d
destroy -a
create ncp "myncp"
create ncu ip "net0"
set ip-version=ipv4
set ipv4-addrsrc=dhcp
.
.
.

In the command-line mode, you would type the following command:

$ netcfg export -d

In the following examples, the configuration information for the myncp NCP is written to a file by using the export subcommand with the –f option. In the following example, the –f option writes the output to a new file named myncp2. The –d option is used to add the destroy -a command as the first line of the netcfg export output.

You would export the profile configuration to a file interactively as follows:

$ netcfg
netcfg> export -d -f myncp2

You would perform the same task in command-line mode as follows:

$ netcfg export -d -f myncp2

The following truncated example shows how you would display the profile configuration:

$ cat myncp2
destroy -a
create ncp "myncp"
create ncu ip "net0"
.
.
.