{"id":18571,"date":"2025-01-30T02:53:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T06:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/?page_id=18571"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:12:43","slug":"configuration-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/configuration-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuration Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Configuration Management<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tDrift Happens. Stay Ahead of It.\t<\/h1>\n\t

Resilience depends on device configuration, but running checks and addressing drift one device at a time won’t get you there.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRequest a Demo\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWatch a quick demo\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBackbox Overview<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom BackBox<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\"vimeo-video-thumbnail\"\/\n

\n\t\t\tModern Network Configuration Management Relies on Automation\t<\/h2>\n\t

BackBox scales with the enterprise and uses best-in-class automation to transform backups, software updates, compliance, and vulnerability management.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead the solution Brief\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"icon-configuration-management\"\n

\n\t\t\tDependable Backups and Rollbacks\t<\/h3>\n\t

BackBox simplifies configuration management, ensuring nightly and pre-change backups to enable rollbacks to previous configurations in case of errors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"icon-checklist\"\n

\n\t\t\tSmart Bulk Configuration Change\t<\/h3>\n\t

Streamline large-scale changes across multiple devices to reduce time and errors, such as implementing an access list on hundreds of switches.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"icon-automation\"\n

\n\t\t\tAutomated Compliance and Remediation\t<\/h3>\n\t

Avoid configuration drift with automated checks against best practices and compliance standards or open tickets in an ITSM for manual investigation and remediation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"icon-backups\"\n

\n\t\t\tStreamline Complex OS Upgrades\t<\/h3>\n\t

BackBox simplifies the software update process to help address vulnerabilities quickly, limits downtime, and reduces after-hours work for an already overworked team.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"icon-network\"\n

\n\t\t\tEnhanced Device Discovery with ServiceNow\t<\/h3>\n\t

Sync devices with ServiceNow for discovery, and automate ticket creation\/updates\/closing, ensuring issues are tracked and resolved efficiently.<\/p>\n

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FAQS<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tFrequently Asked Questions About Configuration Management\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\tHow can BackBox help me stay ahead of configuration drift?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Carefully examining configurations by hand can be daunting and time-consuming. Implement nightly audits that automatically check for discrepancies and apply necessary corrections to streamline this process. Additionally, whenever issues arise, you can set up a system to automatically generate tickets in an IT service management platform, such as ServiceNow. This way, the relevant teams can quickly investigate and address any problems, ensuring your systems remain efficient and secure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tAs our business scales, can BackBox help me securely manage the addition of devices?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

With BackBox, you can seamlessly ensure new devices meet compliance standards during the onboarding process or post-discovery by automating the installation of a golden configuration. This ensures that all devices adhere to your organization’s security and performance guidelines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tHow can BackBox support our need to automate OS updates for multiple device types from different vendors?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand<\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t

Unlike point solutions that only focus on a particular vendor or customizable solutions that require coding expertise to build automation, BackBox offers a no-code approach. With a few clicks, your teams can automate their own workflows to check each device for the latest OS, apply the update if necessary, and run a post-check to validate and alert you if there is a problem.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTake the next step\t<\/h2>\n\t

Cyber resilience is a continuous journey. No matter where you are, we’ll help you take the next step.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Configuration Management Drift Happens. Stay Ahead of It. Resilience depends on device configuration, but running checks and addressing drift one device at a time won’t get you there. Request a Demo Watch a quick demo Backbox Overview from BackBox Modern Network Configuration Management Relies on Automation BackBox scales with the enterprise and uses best-in-class automation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":18017,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"lp_page":[],"class_list":["post-18571","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21755,"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18571\/revisions\/21755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"lp_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbox.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lp_page?post=18571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}