topic Re: universal standard for script to set up network in Services Discussions

universal standard for script to set up network

ShinehahGnolaum — Fri, 22 May 2020 00:50:25 GMT

Is there a universal standard that governs the format for scripts used to set up a network, so that a script used to set up a Cisco device can be used to set up a networking device from a different manufacturer?

Re: universal standard for script to set up network

Francesco Molino — Fri, 22 May 2020 01:25:24 GMT

Hi

You can found some librairies which have embedded functions that can run over different vendors and return the same type of content. Napalm is one of them https://napalm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/support/index.html

However, not all commands works as integrated which means you will need to have a database for commands equivalence between vendor in your own script. Again, you will find some scripts built already on github and it will work probably for the biggest players but not for all comands.

Re: universal standard for script to set up network

ShinehahGnolaum — Fri, 22 May 2020 08:17:34 GMT

I'm creating an iOS app to generate scripts to be used to set up networking devices. Where do I get the script language documentation? I could start with the script language for Cisco.

Re: universal standard for script to set up network

Francesco Molino — Sat, 23 May 2020 15:50:58 GMT

What kind of scripts and which language? If you're talking about Cisco IOS commands, go on Cisco website and Cisco press.