Description

Users are unable to manage SRX Series and J Series devices through J-Web. Error message says this is due to "the config is too large for J-Web to handle".

The only workaround is to use the CLI or NSM. 

Symptoms

Trying to manage device via J-Web results in the following error message being generated: 

'FATAL ERROR: The configuration on the router is ' .
            'too large for JWeb to handle.  Please use the CLI to ' .
            'manipulate the configuration.';

 

Solution

There is a limitation to managing a device via J-Web based on the config size on some models of SRX.  When the XML config size reaches or exceeds the maximum, the following error message appears: 

'FATAL ERROR: The configuration on the router is ' .
            'too large for JWeb to handle.  Please use the CLI to ' .
            'manipulate the configuration.';

The XML file size limits are as follows:

Platform                                                                                    Max Config (XML) FIle Size
J- Series 1MB
High End SRX (SRX1400, SRX3000, SRX4000, SRX5000 series) 20MB (Junos 10.0 or later)
SRX Branch 5MB   (Junos 10.2 or later)
 
Platform                                                                                       Max Config (XML) File Size
J- Series 1MB
High End SRX (SRX1400, SRX3000, SRX5000 series) 2MB   (Prior to Junos 10.0)
SRX Branch 0.5MB (Prior to Junos 10. 2 )


To determine the XML config size, go to the operational prompt, and output the config to xml file format, using the syntax:

show config | display xml | save config-xml

From the shell, see the config-xml in the directory listing, to determine the file size of the XML config.

The only workaround is to use the CLI or NSM. 



 

Modification History

2019-02-12: Minor formatting changes.