Below shows some of the main Juniper SRX commands available. All commands are provided with the necessary mode in which they should be run from.
Table of Contents
Configuration Commands
| replace pattern expr1 with expr | # configuration mode | find and replace string within configuration |
| show | compare rollback {1..5} | # configuration mode | compare the current configuration against roll back configuration file |
| commit check | # configuration mode | verify the uncommitted changes |
| commit comment “{TEXT}” | # configuration mode | commit changes and add a comment |
| commit confirmed 10 | # configuration mode | changes are committed. If additional commit is not issued the changes are reverted |
| commit full | # configuration mode | commit entire configuration |
| rollback rescue | # configuration mode | rollback the configuration to rescue point |
| clear system commit | > operational mode | discard uncommitted changes |
| configure private | > operational mode | config mode is launched, any changes are not made global and keep only to your session |
| load merge terminal | # configuration mode | merge configuration with current configuration |
| load merge relative terminal | # configuration mode | merge configuration relative to the current edit point (stanza) |
| load override baseline-config.cfg | # configuration mode | overide current running config with saved config |
| save baseline-config.cfg | # configuration mode | save current configuration to a file |
Show Commands
| show chassis routing-engine | > operational mode | show CPU, Mem and Temperature |
| show security flow session summary | # configuration mode | show total session total, limit |
| show security policies | > operational mode | show security policies |
| show security zones | # configuration mode | show security zones |
| show groups junos-defaults | # configuration mode | show junos default groups |
| show system queues | > operation mode | show interface statistics |
| show security flow status | > operation mode | show mode (packet/flow-based) |
| monitor interface [traffic|interface] | > operation mode | show interface stats in real-time |
Process Management
| show system processes extensive | # configuration mode | show processes |
| restart {process} gracefully | > operational mode | restart the process one all the present tasks have been completed |
System Commands
| request system reboot | > operational mode | reboot system |
| request system storage cleanup | > operational mode | remove unwanted files |
Misc Commands
| set security forwarding-options family mpls mode [packet-based|flow-based] | # configuration mode | configure the mode (packet/flow-based |
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