ArubaCX Script to backup config via SSH with non-admin user (from Linux server)

aruba-cx-backup-pull.sh

#!/bin/bash

# SWITCH CONFIG:
#  user-group readonly
#    10 permit cli command "show running-config"
#    20 permit cli command "show startup-config"
#    30 permit cli command "no page"
#    40 permit cli command "show logging -r"
#  user backupuser group readonly password plaintext ...
#  user backupuser authorized-key ssh-ed25519 ...
#  ssh server vrf default
#  ssh server vrf mgmt

# you will have to connect manually one time in the backup-user's context to accept the correct ssh-hostkey or disable checks (not recommended)

set -eEu -o pipefail

PORT=22
USER='backupuser'
SSH_KEY='/home/backupuser/.ssh/switch_ed25519'
PATH_BACKUP='/backup/switch'
PATH_TMP="/tmp/switch_backup_$(date '+%s')"

mkdir -p "$PATH_TMP"
mkdir -p "$PATH_BACKUP"

# you could just duplicate this block or create a loop - whatever..
NAME='switch1'
IP='192.168.1.251'
mkdir -p "${PATH_BACKUP}/${NAME}"
ssh "${USER}@${IP}" -i "$SSH_KEY" -C 'show startup-config' > "${PATH_TMP}/startup-config"
ssh "${USER}@${IP}" -i "$SSH_KEY" -C 'show running-config' > "${PATH_TMP}/running-config"
ssh "${USER}@${IP}" -i "$SSH_KEY" -C 'show logging -r' > "${PATH_TMP}/logging"
tar -czf "${PATH_BACKUP}/${NAME}/$(date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M).tar.gz" "${PATH_TMP}/"*

rm -r "$PATH_TMP"