ACB (autoconfig backup) and router image files

[mcb00a]

Hello,

So from my understanding, the ACB uses some kind of identifier to generate the ACB key for the router.

If we wanted to keep a router image (like a VM, or an XML file) to deploy to multiple different routers for multiple different clients, how to we change the ACB key for each image we install?

We have tried with a VM image in the lab and each one we spin up, has the same ACB key as its based off the image some how.

Is there a script to run to generate a new key or some setting we can change to force a new key creation?

[Derelict]

Like it says on the ACB configuration page, it is derived from the generated ssh key. The ssh key is generated uniquely for every installation.

Probably uncheck ssh, rm /etc/ssh/*.key /etc/ssh/*.pub then re-enable ssh. A new key should be generated.

Or just disable ssh and remove those files and use that as your snapshot. Then a new key will be generated when/if ssh is enabled.

I didn't test any of this but that is the kind of thing I would expect to work for you.