# SR Linux Configuration Conversion Tool

DevFeed: [SR Linux Configuration Conversion Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/sr-linux-configuration-conversion-tool-11368.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/04/srlinux-config-conversion/>)

Published: 2026-04-02T06:35:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>)

Tags: [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/container.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes a tool for comparing SR Linux configuration data-model changes between software releases and explains a workflow using SR Linux containers, Containerlab, integration tests, and accessible Python upgrade scripts to update configuration templates.

## Source excerpt

A year ago, I was complaining about SR Linux breaking its configuration data model with a new software release. At that time, I was promised it would only happen once a year, and, like clockwork, that moment arrived with the SR Linux release 26.03. However, this year Miguel Redondo fixed the netlab SR Linux configuration templates (VRF export policies, LocPref routing policy changes) before I could even start looking at them, and Roman Dodin released a tool that tells you exactly what changed between software releases and how to fix it. Read more ...