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NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 12:59:11 GMT

I am following the NSO Basics for network automation learning module and I'm stuck at once section.

when I follow this step I get "No entries Found"

every other step has worked up until this point.

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

Marcel Zehnder — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:46:05 GMT

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Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

Marcel Zehnder — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:50:14 GMT

@sipho-nangle Maybe there are no devices imported/loaded in your NSO instance: What's the output of show devices brief ?

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

Marcel Zehnder — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 12:53:59 GMT

If the output is empty you need to configure an authgroup and add devices to NSO - see this link for the required steps:

https://developer.cisco.com/learning/modules/nso-basics/learn-nso-the-easy-way/populating-your-nso-instance/

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 09:33:12 GMT

I have done all the steps in that module up this point, multiple times, and still get the same result.

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Sat, 03 Aug 2024 13:43:51 GMT

my NSO environment ran out of time, will check once I can reserve it again.

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

Jesus Illescas — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 09:54:21 GMT

Hi @sipho-nangle if you are starting with NSO, you can also try https://developer.cisco.com/learning/labs/learn-nso-with-netsim/introduction/ which is similar to the Learning Lab you are following. The difference is that uses netsim instead of the sandbox and live status is not present.

We are working on upgrading the NSO sandbox to fix some issues, hopefully that will fix the one you have.

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 11:10:42 GMT

Hey Jesus,

I have been using netsim recently, its pretty good. I will check that link out too though. Thank you 😆

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 08:43:07 GMT

Is this why I am never able to reserve a slot ? is it currently offline until the works is completed ?

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

Jesus Illescas — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:11:31 GMT

Hi @sipho-nangle , the work we do on the upgrade is not related to the availability of the sandbox. We work on a separate environment with separated instances.

The reason you find hard to reserve a slot, is due to the number of instances available, you can see that on the "more info" tab of the NSO sandbox, see "Currently Active" and "Active environment limit". I will review with the team if we can increase the number of instances.

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

jokearns1 — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:21:09 GMT

Hi All,

We have increased NSO reservation limit. Please try reserving again.

Thanks

Support

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:59:14 GMT

Ok, Thank you for the info 🙂

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 10:11:14 GMT

Thanks, I have managed to reserve one.

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 16:14:28 GMT

Hey, I have tried this and it looks like there is no devices.

developer@10.10.20.49's password:
Last login: Wed Aug 7 08:55:50 2024 from 192.168.254.11
[developer@nso ~]$ ncs_cli -C -u admin

User admin last logged in 2024-08-07T15:56:17.51203+00:00, to nso, from 192.168.254.11 using cli-ssh
admin connected from 192.168.254.11 using ssh on nso
admin@ncs# show devices brief
NAME ADDRESS DESCRIPTION NED ID
----------------------------------

also if i run the command from the lab I get no entries found.

admin@ncs# show running-config devices device
% No entries found.
admin@ncs# show running-config devices device | de-select config
% No entries found.
admin@ncs#

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

Jesus Illescas — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:37:00 GMT

Hi @sipho-nangle

I spinned a NSO reservation to tested it and I can see that the devices and authgroups config is missing from the NCS host 49, sorry for the issue. This is something that will be fixed on the new release we are working on.

In the meantime, you can apply this config, which will add the devices to NSO on host 49.

devices authgroups group labadmin default-map remote-name cisco default-map remote-password cisco default-map remote-secondary-password cisco ! devices device core-rtr01 address 10.10.20.173 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-iosxr-cli-7.44 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked ! devices device core-rtr02 address 10.10.20.174 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-iosxr-cli-7.44 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked ! devices device dist-rtr01 address 10.10.20.175 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-ios-cli-6.90 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked ! devices device dist-rtr02 address 10.10.20.176 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-ios-cli-6.90 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked ! devices device dist-sw01 address 10.10.20.177 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-nx-cli-5.23 device-type cli protocol telnet ned-settings cisco-nx behaviours show-interface-all enable state admin-state unlocked ! devices device dist-sw02 address 10.10.20.178 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-nx-cli-5.23 device-type cli protocol telnet ned-settings cisco-nx behaviours show-interface-all enable state admin-state unlocked ! devices device edge-firewall01 address 10.10.20.171 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-asa-cli-6.17 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked ! devices device edge-sw01 address 10.10.20.172 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-ios-cli-6.90 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked ! devices device internet-rtr01 address 10.10.20.181 ssh host-key-verification none authgroup labadmin device-type cli ned-id cisco-ios-cli-6.90 device-type cli protocol telnet state admin-state unlocked !

To quickly apply the configuration, you can go to configuration mode config then load merge terminal copy paste the config I shared, press enter (it needs to have a new line/carriage character), then ctrl + d to exit the terminal load and commit

I tested it and worked. From there you can connect to the devices and sync-from

EDIT: typos

Re: NSO Basics for Network Automation ISSUE

sipho-nangle — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:46:52 GMT

That has worked. Thank you Jesus, for the update on the NSO issue and for the work around 🙂