JNCIA-Junos Study Guide—Part 1

Chapter 3: Initial Configuration

This Chapter Discusses:

• The factory-default configuration for platforms running the Junos operating system;
• Initial configuration tasks performed on devices running the Junos OS; and
• Interface types and interface configuration basics.

The Factory-Default Configuration

All platforms running the Junos OS are shipped with a factory-default configuration. All factory-default configurations allow
access using the root account. The root account does not include a password by default. Setting a root password is required
before activating any changes to the configuration file.
All factory-default configurations also include system logging, which tracks system events and writes those events to
predefined log files. The following is an example of a typical syslog configuration found within a factory-default configuration:
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user@router# show system syslog
user * {
any emergency;
}
file messages {
any any;
authorization info;
}
file interactive-commands {
interactive-commands any;
}
We discuss system logging in greater detail in the “Secondary System Configuration” chapter.

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