Description

This article explains how to auto load and commit large set format commands via the shell script.
 

Solution

Example: Load and commit the following set format commands: 

set routing-option static route 192.168.1.1 next-hop 1.1.1.1
set routing-option static route 192.168.1.2 next-hop 1.1.1.1
set routing-option static route 192.168.1.3 next-hop 1.1.1.1
set routing-option static route 192.168.1.4 next-hop 1.1.1.1
...

  1. Make a file under /var/tmp directory in your SRX device: 

    % cd /cf/var/tmp
% pwd
/cf/var/tmp
% touch set_commands.txt

  2. Paste the above set format commands into file set_commands.txt and save: 

    % vi set_commands.txt

  3. File the following shell script under /cf/var/tmp: 

    % cat configure_commit.sh
#!/bin/sh
echo "configure
`cat set_commands.txt`
commit" | /usr/sbin/cli

  4. % chmod u+x ./configure_commit.sh

  5. Run the shell script: 

    % sh ./configure_commit.sh