What is XA name="calea" etc. in the configuration?

RouterOS General
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Hi all,

I run three hAP-ax2 and I version and archive their configuration with RANCID.

For one of the APs the commented boiler plate of the configuration looks like this:

# name="routeros" version="7.24.1" build-time=2026-08-21 13:06:38 scheduled="" size=13.3MiB 
# name="wifi-qcom" version="7.24.1" build-time=2026-08-21 13:06:38 scheduled="" size=11.0MiB 
!
# routerboard: yes             
# board-name: hAP ax^2        
# model: C52iG-5HaxD2HaxD
# serial-number: ************     
# firmware-type: ipq6000         
# minimum-firmware: 7.19.6          
# current-firmware: 7.24.1          
# upgrade-firmware: 7.24.1          
!
# software-id: F0S2-QMMX
# nlevel: 4        
# features:

While for the two others it looks like this:

# XA name="calea" version="" scheduled="" size=20.1KiB 
# XA name="container" version="" scheduled="" size=1160.1KiB 
# XA name="dude" version="" scheduled="" size=1220.1KiB 
# XA name="extra-nic" version="" scheduled="" size=2384.1KiB 
# XA name="gps" version="" scheduled="" size=24.1KiB 
# XA name="iot" version="" scheduled="" size=912.1KiB 
# XA name="iot-bt-extra" version="" scheduled="" size=440.1KiB 
# XA name="netinstall" version="" scheduled="" size=72.1KiB 
# XA name="openflow" version="" scheduled="" size=80.1KiB 
# XA name="rose-storage" version="" scheduled="" size=4452.1KiB 
# name="routeros" version="7.24.1" build-time=2026-08-21 13:06:38 scheduled="" size=13.3MiB 
# XA name="switch-marvell" version="" scheduled="" size=8.8MiB 
# XA name="tr069-client" version="" scheduled="" size=120.1KiB 
# XA name="ups" version="" scheduled="" size=32.1KiB 
# XA name="user-manager" version="" scheduled="" size=336.1KiB 
# name="wifi-qcom" version="7.24.1" build-time=2026-08-21 13:06:38 scheduled="" size=11.0MiB 
# XA name="wifi-qcom-be" version="" scheduled="" size=15.8MiB 
# XA name="wireless" version="" scheduled="" size=844.1KiB 
# XA name="zerotier" version="" scheduled="" size=848.1KiB 
!
# routerboard: yes             
# board-name: hAP ax^2        
# model: C52iG-5HaxD2HaxD
# serial-number: ***********
# firmware-type: ipq6000         
# minimum-firmware: 7.11.3          
# current-firmware: 7.24.1          
# upgrade-firmware: 7.24.1          
!
# software-id: LR0N-DZLN
# nlevel: 4        
# features:

What is this? Can I get rid of it? It just clutters my configuration repo.

Thanks!
Patrick

2

Hi,

Simple search for "Mikrotik" and "calea" gives:

3

To prevent it from appearing on export after a reboot, never display system/packages etc.
otherwise it will also list all uninstalled-available (XA) packages.

If you want to standardize exports so that they always appear the same,
run "/sys pack up check" after rebooting the machine when it has internet access.
Only once per reboot is needed.

Or, if you never want extra lines, just don't check if a new version is available.

Disclaimer: This answer was NOT AI-generated, but it was translated with Google Translate.
It may contain translation errors and the person who provided the original text may be wrong, because they is human.

4

This time, I advise you to rest...
:laughing:
He had asked for something else...

5

What is XA name=“calea” etc. in the configuration?

So the link explains what "calea" etc. names are.

6

Got it, thanks. No general problem even with the "cluttered" version. I am just easily triggered by seemingly inconsistent behaviour of supposedly identical systems.

7

Sorry, he changed the question inside the post...
:roll_eyes:
So I'm the one who needs to rest...
:sleeping_face:
Well, it seems like I answered well the same...
:upside_down_face:

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However, at first glance, it seems like anything but the configuration.
The configuration is obtained with the /export command AND THAT'S IT.
Everything else is just "print" that don't tell you everything about the device, but just a few snippets...
The "print" can at most collect which version of RouterOS and RouterBOOT is installed and which packages are installed, and that's it.

Disclaimer: This answer was NOT AI-generated, but it was translated with Google Translate.
It may contain translation errors and the person who provided the original text may be wrong, because they is human.