About the Configuration Importer

The Configuration Importer is a tool that accepts administrator-supplied configuration documents and imports the configuration described in those documents into the Traffic Manager, replacing its previous running configuration. Configuration documents are intended to define the entire Traffic Manager configuration.

Configuration documents are typically stored in a system external to the Traffic Manager, and mounted or mapped into the Traffic Manager host's file system such that the Configuration Importer can read them.

The Configuration Importer supports two primary modes of operation:

To learn more about both modes of operation, read the remainder of this chapter.