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Managing the Configuration File
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Chapter 8 Common Administrative Tasks
Step 2 Click the trash can icon corresponding to the user role you want to delete in the Custom User Roles for
Delegated Administration list. The Add User Role page appears.
Step 3 Confirm the deletion by clicking Delete in the warning dialog that appears.
Step 4 Commit your changes.
Managing the Configuration File
All configuration settings within the Cisco IronPort appliance can be managed via a single configuration
file. The file is maintained in XML (Extensible Markup Language) format.
You can use this file in several ways:
You can save the configuration file to a different system to back up and preserve crucial
configuration data. If you make a mistake while configuring your appliance, you can “roll back” to
the most recently saved configuration file.
You can download the existing configuration file to view the entire configuration for an appliance
quickly. (Many newer browsers include the ability to render XML files directly.) This may help you
troubleshoot minor errors (like typographic errors) that may exist in the current configuration.
You can download an existing configuration file, make changes to it, and upload it to the same
appliance. This, in effect, “bypasses” both the CLI and the GUI for making configuration changes.
You can upload entire configuration file via FTP access, or you can paste portions of or an entire
configuration file directly into the CLI.
Because the file is in XML format, an associated DTD (document type definition) that describes all
of the XML entities in the configuration file is also provided. You can download the DTD to validate
an XML configuration file before uploading it. (XML Validation tools are readily available on the
Internet.)
Managing Multiple Appliances with XML Configuration Files
You can download an existing configuration file from one Cisco IronPort appliance, make changes
to it, and upload it to a different appliance. This lets you manage an installation of multiple Cisco
IronPort appliances more easily. Currently you may not load configuration files from C/X-Series
appliances onto an M-Series appliance.
You can divide an existing configuration file downloaded from one Cisco IronPort into multiple
subsections. You can modify those sections that are common among all appliances (in a multiple
appliance environment) and load them onto other appliances as the subsections are updated.
For example, you could use an appliance in a test environment for testing the Global Unsubscribe
command. When you feel that you have configured the Global Unsubscribe list appropriately, you
could then load the Global Unsubscribe configuration section from the test appliance to all of your
production appliances.
Managing Configuration Files via the GUI
To use the GUI to manage configuration files on your Cisco IronPort appliance, click the Configuration
File link on the System Administration tab.
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