napalm

TLDR

Get device facts

$ napalm --user [admin] --password [pass] --vendor [ios] [192.168.1.1] call get_facts

Get interfaces

$ napalm --user [admin] --password [pass] --vendor [junos] [device] call get_interfaces

Configure device

$ napalm --user [admin] --password [pass] --vendor [eos] [device] configure [config.txt]

Validate configuration

$ napalm --user [admin] --password [pass] --vendor [nxos] [device] validate [validation.yml]

SYNOPSIS

napalm [options] hostname command [args]

NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support) is a Python library for network automation. It provides a unified API to interact with different network vendors.
The CLI tool provides quick access to NAPALM functionality.

PARAMETERS

--user username

Device username.

--password password

Device password.

--vendor vendor

Device vendor (ios, junos, eos, nxos).

--optional_args args

Optional connection arguments.

call method

Call NAPALM method.

configure file

Apply configuration.

validate file

Validate configuration.

SUPPORTED VENDORS

$ ios, iosxr, nxos, eos
junos, fortios, panos

CAVEATS

Requires vendor-specific libraries. SSH/API access must be configured. Python library more powerful than CLI.

HISTORY

NAPALM was created by David Barroso and others at Spotify in 2015 to simplify multi-vendor network automation.