Manually created topology backup

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This page describes the process of exporting and importing manual topology data, i.e. components and relations that are not synchronized via StackPacks.

Requirements

• StackState CLI

• Unix shell

Export manually created topology

To export all manually created components and relations to a file manual_topo.stj using the StackState CLI:

1. Create the export file:

   sts graph list --manual --ids Component Relation \
   | xargs \
   sts graph export --ids \
   > manual_topo.stj

2. Check the generated file manual_topo.stj to make sure it contains a correct export of all your topology.

Breakdown of the export command used in the example above:

• sts graph list --manual --ids Component Relation lists all ids of manually created components and relations.

• | xargs connects the graph list and graph export commands.

• sts graph export --ids exports all graph nodes by ids.

• > manual_topo.stj dumps the results in the file manual_topo.stj.

Import manually created topology

Manually created relations to synchronized components may fail on import if these synchronized components do not exist anymore.

To import topology and relation data from a file manual_topo.stj using the StackState CLI:

sts graph import < manual_topo.stj