Config backups
A device configuration is its source of truth. LinkOPS snapshots each device on a schedule, keeps a version history, and shows a line-level diff between any two snapshots — so a bad change is always visible and recoverable.
- Open Config Backups in the sidebar.
- Enable “Automatic config backup” in the device editor. The global interval and retention live in Settings → Config backup (default: every 24 hours, keep the latest 30 per device).
- The backup command is chosen automatically from the vendor — Cisco “show running-config”, Huawei “display current-configuration”, Juniper “show configuration”, MikroTik “/export” and more.
- Click “Run now” to snapshot a device on demand. Unchanged configurations are skipped (dedup), so quiet devices do not fill the history.
- Select two snapshots to see a line-level diff (+ added / − removed), and copy or download any snapshot.
Tip
Backups are persisted in the database — a run survives the app being closed mid-backup.
Warning
Restore is a manual step: compare the diff, then apply the configuration with your normal change process. LinkOPS never pushes configs to devices.