Techniques and Architectures for Managing Configuration of Network Devices

Managing configuration of network devices. A configuration agent determines if a physical connection configured to transfer a configuration file is available. The configuration file is sent to the remote network device via the physical connection configured to transfer the configuration file, if available. The configuration agent determines if a serial connection to the remote network device is available. A sequence of text strings is sent automatically and without user interaction to the remote network device via the serial connection. The sequence of text strings is functionally equivalent to the configuration file. The sequence of text strings is caused to be appended to recreate the configuration file automatically and without user interaction. The remote network device is caused to apply the configuration file to configure the remote network device.