Backing Up Configuration from the CLI

There are two methods you can use to back up the controller configuration either using the web interface or CLI (Command Line Interface).

Follow these steps to back up the controller configuration from the CLI.
  1. Log on to the controller CLI as a system administrator.
  2. Run the enable command to enable privileged mode on the CLI.
    ruckus> enable
    Password: ********
    ruckus#
  3. Run the backup config command to start backing up and transferring the node configuration to an FTP server.
    ruckus# backup config <ftp-username> <ftp-password> <ftp-server-address> <ftp-server-port>
    Do you want to backup configuration (yes/no)? yes
    Backup Configuration process starts
    Backup Configuration process has been scheduled to run. You can check backup version using 'show backup-config'
  4. Run the show backup-config command to verify that the backup file has been created.

You have completed backing up the controller node to an external FTP server.