PyATS: API to SCP from the PyATS client to a device ?

[dbillon]

Hi Guys,

I am looking for an API in PyATS (or Genie, Unicon...) that would copy a file from the Linux client (where my PyATS script is running) to a router declared in the PyATS testbed.

I've found various APIs :

• In Unicon "copy" is available ... but the copy transaction starts on the router (call regular IOS commands)
• In PyATS "File Transfer Utilities" ... but the copy transaction happens with a server declared in the testbed (not with the devices of the testbed)

I would expect to have an API to execute something like :

scp -O myfile 1.2.3.4:bootflash:/myfile

with the credentials of the 1.2.3.4 router coming from the testbed.

Ok I could activate an FTP (or whatever) server on the client then execute the copy command from the IOS but why such a complexity ?

Did I miss something in the PyATS toolbox ?

BR, Damien.

[balaji.bandi]

i am sure you can achieve this using fastAPI+Python+Pyats - use any LLM like perplexity or google AI or chat GBT give you steps.

[dbillon]

Yes I'm sure it would be possible to use some SSH lib to do this ... but the need is so obvious that I would have expected to have some API within PyATS for this.

[balaji.bandi]

Sure Python and PyATS support that SSH feature and run that commands.

[bigevilbeard]

You could try the execute command https://devnetdan.com/2021/06/14/pyats-and-genie-part-2/ this you should be able to run the scp command on the local machine where your PyATS script is running.