diff --git a/api/go/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.pb.go b/api/go/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.pb.go
index 027df0c6be014d9bb31869c2a8085f43d2cc7a0f..1ce0593f7b49b058a6306f570596c60e6bbc2cf8 100644
--- a/api/go/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.pb.go
+++ b/api/go/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.pb.go
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ type ExportSDNConfigResponse struct {
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
-	Timestamp int64  `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=timestamp,proto3" json:"timestamp,omitempty"` // Timestamp in nanoseconds since Epoch.
-	SdnConfig string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=sdnConfig,proto3" json:"sdnConfig,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp     int64  `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=timestamp,proto3" json:"timestamp,omitempty"` // Timestamp in nanoseconds since Epoch.
+	SdnConfigData string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=sdnConfigData,proto3" json:"sdnConfigData,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *ExportSDNConfigResponse) Reset() {
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ func (x *ExportSDNConfigResponse) GetTimestamp() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (x *ExportSDNConfigResponse) GetSdnConfig() string {
+func (x *ExportSDNConfigResponse) GetSdnConfigData() string {
 	if x != nil {
-		return x.SdnConfig
+		return x.SdnConfigData
 	}
 	return ""
 }
@@ -137,8 +137,9 @@ type ImportSDNConfigRequest struct {
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
 	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
 
-	Timestamp int64  `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=timestamp,proto3" json:"timestamp,omitempty"` // Timestamp in nanoseconds since Epoch.
-	Pid       string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=pid,proto3" json:"pid,omitempty"`
+	Timestamp     int64  `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=timestamp,proto3" json:"timestamp,omitempty"` // Timestamp in nanoseconds since Epoch.
+	Pid           string `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=pid,proto3" json:"pid,omitempty"`
+	SdnConfigData string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=sdnConfigData,proto3" json:"sdnConfigData,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *ImportSDNConfigRequest) Reset() {
@@ -187,6 +188,13 @@ func (x *ImportSDNConfigRequest) GetPid() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (x *ImportSDNConfigRequest) GetSdnConfigData() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.SdnConfigData
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 type ImportSDNConfigResponse struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
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 }
 
 var (
diff --git a/api/openapiv2/gosdn_northbound.swagger.json b/api/openapiv2/gosdn_northbound.swagger.json
index ab26a3ba678df8ffcde1d400cec78ff016df951b..519a261d53a3e82e1ee657ee703064775b1a239a 100644
--- a/api/openapiv2/gosdn_northbound.swagger.json
+++ b/api/openapiv2/gosdn_northbound.swagger.json
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@
             "required": false,
             "type": "string",
             "format": "int64"
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "sdnConfigData",
+            "in": "query",
+            "required": false,
+            "type": "string"
           }
         ],
         "tags": [
@@ -1836,7 +1842,7 @@
           "type": "string",
           "format": "int64"
         },
-        "sdnConfig": {
+        "sdnConfigData": {
           "type": "string"
         }
       }
diff --git a/api/proto/buf.lock b/api/proto/buf.lock
index a2b543e3c226595b95946ac2727d5b3ce042fe83..d8efa9a963ab373273ea644b3e80394aaa893c3b 100644
--- a/api/proto/buf.lock
+++ b/api/proto/buf.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ deps:
   - remote: buf.build
     owner: googleapis
     repository: googleapis
-    commit: faacf837d7304c58b7c9020c7807fa6e
+    commit: 75b4300737fb4efca0831636be94e517
   - remote: buf.build
     owner: grpc-ecosystem
     repository: grpc-gateway
diff --git a/api/proto/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.proto b/api/proto/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.proto
index 8294517012b9ba1ee0bca4706a6adb48d9502719..ae260c18a08a82c4fa03a6cd5c542766a9463713 100644
--- a/api/proto/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.proto
+++ b/api/proto/gosdn/configurationmanagement/configurationmanagement.proto
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ message ExportSDNConfigRequest {
 
 message ExportSDNConfigResponse {
   int64 timestamp = 1;          // Timestamp in nanoseconds since Epoch.
-  string sdnConfig = 2;
+  string sdnConfigData = 2;
 }
 
 message ImportSDNConfigRequest {
   int64 timestamp = 1;          // Timestamp in nanoseconds since Epoch.
   string pid = 2;
+  string sdnConfigData = 3;
 }
 
 message ImportSDNConfigResponse {
diff --git a/controller/northbound/server/configurationmanagement.go b/controller/northbound/server/configurationmanagement.go
index 67ad1ec7ead384b4a91cb28e7a9dd628bd3468ed..b5c38a13a426cb4b259596155b3e769293b55a56 100644
--- a/controller/northbound/server/configurationmanagement.go
+++ b/controller/northbound/server/configurationmanagement.go
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ func (c ConfigurationManagementServer) ExportSDNConfig(ctx context.Context, requ
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	stringified := string(jsonSDNConfig)
+	sdnConfigDataString := string(jsonSDNConfig)
 
 	return &cmpb.ExportSDNConfigResponse{
-		Timestamp: time.Now().UnixNano(),
-		SdnConfig: stringified}, nil
+		Timestamp:     time.Now().UnixNano(),
+		SdnConfigData: sdnConfigDataString}, nil
 }
 
 // ImportSDNConfig receives an SDN configuration and imports it.