PERL scripting | CISCO

[Josiah Inubio]

Hi All,

I'd like to know if there's any reference for cisco regarding perl scripting?

Scenario:

Using perl scripting to communicate with the router to get info (ex. sh int, ping, mrtg, etc) and it should be printed out via web based (html)

[Joe Clarke]

Nothing official, but have a look at the Net::Telnet::Cisco module as well as the netdisco tool (Perl-based).

http://search.cpan.org/~joshua/Net-Telnet-Cisco-1.10/Cisco.pm

https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Netdisco

[Josiah Inubio]

Hi Joseph,

How can I start building this platform? My plan was to create an HTML website or MS Access to integrate into the router to get info and printed via html or in access 

[Joe Clarke]

I think you should download and install the components of Netdisco.  If you look at the website to which I pointed you, you can checkout the demo.  See if that meets your needs.  I think it might as it will provide a lot of the basic network information you may want.  From there, you can decide if you need to extend its capabilities with your own custom Perl code.

[Josiah Inubio]

is it possible that Netdisco will initiate or run if we have our aggregate routers / PE routers that isn't cisco?

[Joe Clarke]

Absolutely.  Netdisco is not a Cisco-only management platform.  Netdisco can handle gear from any vendor that supports SNMP.