A robust configuration assurance tool for backup, drift detection, and multi-vendor golden config validation.
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1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install config-management
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install config-management using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Configuration Management?
The Configuration Management skill provides high-level configuration assurance, covering essential tasks like backup, drift detection, and golden config validation. Built for Openclaw Skills, it helps teams identify unauthorized or unintended changes by comparing live device configurations against known-good baselines and organizational compliance rules. Whether you are managing Cisco, Juniper, or Arista hardware, these Openclaw Skills ensure that your infrastructure remains secure and consistent with your intended operational state.
Configuration Management Use Cases
- Periodic drift detection as part of operational hygiene using Openclaw Skills.
- Investigating unauthorized configuration changes after a security incident.
- Verifying that security-mandated patterns like AAA and logging are present.
- Automated configuration archival before and after scheduled maintenance windows.
- Validating that no forbidden protocols like telnet or SNMPv1 are active.
How Configuration Management Works
- Collect running and startup configurations using vendor-specific CLI commands.
- Compare running versus startup configurations to identify unsaved changes.
- Archive configurations with timestamped naming conventions to remote storage.
- Load golden baselines and normalize them to remove non-essential metadata.
- Perform section-level drift analysis to classify changes by operational impact.
- Run compliance checks for required and forbidden patterns defined in Openclaw Skills.
- Generate detailed reports and provide remediation or rollback commands.
Configuration Management Setup
To deploy this functionality within Openclaw Skills, ensure the following requirements are met:
- Enable SSH access on all target network devices.
- Configure a reachable SCP, TFTP, or FTP server for backups.
- Install the required MCP dependencies:
mcp install git-netops-mcp
- Prepare your golden configuration baselines for each device role.
Configuration Management Data Schema & Taxonomy
This skill utilizes a structured approach to manage network metadata and state. Files and logic are organized as follows:
| Data Type | Format/Storage | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Backups | {hostname}-{YYYYMMDD}-{HHMM}.cfg |
Stored in flash or remote server |
| Sections | Logic-based | Routing, Security, Switching, Management, Services |
| Thresholds | Table-based | Severity levels (Critical to Info) based on config section |
| Reports | Markdown/Text | Comprehensive summaries including drift findings and compliance status |
Configuration Management Advanced Features
- Automated rollback capabilities for Cisco, JunOS, and Arista platforms.
- Cross-vendor pattern matching for security compliance within Openclaw Skills.
- Age-based severity tracking for unsaved configuration changes.
- Intelligent normalization to ignore false positives like timestamps or certificate hashes.
- Decision trees for determining authorized vs. unauthorized configuration drift.
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