Configuration
The configuration is revision-based; meaning that every change in configuration is made into a new revision; logged with time, administrator, and key changed. Configuration changes can be made from the console, web administration or by using SOAP.
If no configuration changes has been made or you have done a factory reset, the appliance will be running on it's default configuration.
Contents |
Clustering
The configuration is shared between multiple appliances running in a cluster.
Web Administration
Configuration management in the web administration is located on the System → Configuration's tab.
Export
You can view or download any configuration revision from the web administration. To export (view) the current configuration, select the top-most revision from the list, and press "Show the Revision", and to download a configuration (as .txt) press the download icon in the table's upper right corner.
Import
You can either paste the configuration from the clipboard or upload a configuration as file, both of which will create a new configuration revision which will be applied immediately.
- By file, press the import file button (Choose File) and locate the file on your computer and press the "Create new Revision" button.
- By clipboard, copy the configuration text into your clipboard, press "Fullscreen Editor", paste the text into the text area, press "Close" to close the fullscreen editor and press "Create new Revision" button.
Console
From the console, you may view and revert configuration. Navigate to the "Configuration Management" section. "R" will revert and "enter" will show the configuration.
Revision maintenance
The system holds around 1000 changes (revisions) until you need to truncate the revision log. This limit will cause the unit not to be able to do any more changes. A warning message will appear telling you to truncate the configuration.
The configuration could not be updated, because the configuration memory is out of free space. You need to manually truncate the configuration history. Log into the web administration, and run the command: Truncate Config (Diagnostics -> Command)
You may need to go to System → Configuration first, in order to find the oldest revision you want to save. Eg. if you have 1020 revision, you may want to save all revision from 1015 to 1020, then you should run the command "Truncate Config" on the Diagnostics → Command's tab and command type in 1015 in the "Address"-field.
Troubleshooting
Invalid Configuration
If a configuration is considered invalid during the start up procedure (for whatever reason), the SPG/VSP will load a default configuration in its place. The action to take when this happens is to try to revert to configuration back to your latest configuration revision and examine the reason why it's no longer valid. If the error makes sense to you; export the revision, correct the error and try to import it again. Otherwise contact support for assistance.
Inaccessible Storage Device
If the user defined storage could not be initalized during start up, eg. broken disk or inaccessible network storage, the SPG/VSP will commit a new configuration revision where the storage is memory:// and all incoming mail listeners are disabled. The action to take when this happens is to contact support/replace the disk or resolve the problem with the network storage. Then configure Mail Gateway → Storage to your preferred storage location and reboot; verify that it's up and running again and start all your incoming mail listeners to return to normal operation.
