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Documentation: https://scrapli.github.io/scrapli_cfg
Source Code: https://github.com/scrapli/scrapli_cfg
Examples: https://github.com/scrapli/scrapli_cfg/tree/master/examples
scrapli_cfg makes merging or replacing device configurations over Telnet or SSH easy, all while giving you the scrapli behaviour you know and love.
ssh2
transport plugin to take it to the next level! All the "normal"
scrapli transport plugin goodness exists here in scrapli-cfg too!MacOS or *nix1, Python 3.7+
scrapli_cfg's only requirements is scrapli
.
1 Although many parts of scrapli do run on Windows, Windows is not officially supported
pip install scrapli-cfg
See the docs for other installation methods/details.
from scrapli import Scrapli
from scrapli_cfg import ScrapliCfg
device = {
"host": "172.18.0.11",
"auth_username": "scrapli",
"auth_password": "scrapli",
"auth_strict_key": False,
"platform": "cisco_iosxe"
}
with open("myconfig", "r") as f:
my_config = f.read()
with Scrapli(**device) as conn:
cfg_conn = ScrapliCfg(conn=conn)
cfg_conn.prepare()
cfg_conn.load_config(config=my_config, replace=True)
diff = cfg_conn.diff_config()
print(diff.side_by_side_diff)
cfg_conn.commit_config()
cfg_conn.cleanup()
FAQs
Network device configuration management with scrapli
We found that scrapli-cfg demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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