def get_running_config(self, conn):
        """Get the ASR1k's current running config.
        :return: Current IOS running config as multiline string
        """
        config = conn.get_config(source="running")
        if config:
            root = ET.fromstring(config._raw)
            running_config = root[0][0]
            rgx = re.compile("\r*\n+")
            ioscfg = rgx.split(running_config.text)
            return ioscfg