System-Defined Configuration

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Standard
Pages: 30
Abstract: The Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) in RFC 8342 defines several configuration datastores holding configuration. The contents of these configuration datastores are controlled by clients. This document introduces the concept of a system configuration datastore holding configuration controlled by the system on which a server is running. The system configuration can be referenced (e.g., leafref) by configuration explicitly created by clients. This document updates RFC 8342.
Publication Date: 2026-09-01
Status Note: Proposed Standard
DOI: 10.17487/RFC10016
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC10016
Author(s): Qiufang Ma
Qin Wu
Chong Feng

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IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 7950 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 7952 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8174 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8341 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8342 [Active*]

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IETF.draft-ietf-netmod-immutable-flag-08 — I-D.ietf-netmod-immutable-flag EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 3688 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4252 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6020 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6241 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8040 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8340 [Active*]
IETF RFC 8525 [Active*]
RFC8639 — RFC8639 EXTERNAL
RFC8641 — RFC8641 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 8808 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9000 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9846 [Active*]
IETF RFC 9907 [Active*]
W3C XML 1 [Active]

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