DNAC Device Scan Android App

Description

This project is an Andriod app that scans a device's Serial Number and provides insights into the device. It also has a middleware app that is the interface to a DNA Center instance.

Possible Application Scenarios

1. A network operator will be able to quickly identify a device by its inventory information without having to loggging into its terminal or a management station that might manage it.
2. The user will know the sync status of the device and the DNA Center.

Install and Setup

• Frontend Mobile App

1. Install nodejs and npm

2. Install ionic using: https://ccoenraets.github.io/ionic-tutorial/install-ionic.html

3. Add android platform support: ionic cordova add platform android

4. Compile

   cd frontend/devScan/

   npm install

   ionic cordova build android --debug

• Middleware installation

1. Create a python virtualenv and activate it

2. Install requirements

   pip install -r requirements.txt

• Running the middleware

1. Setup local environment variables for your DNA Center in the file middleware/dnac_instance.conf. Provide the info for your DNA Center

2. Update host-IP on line #27 of middleware/app.py

3. Start the server

   python middleware/app.py

Using The Application

1. Open the Android app and provide the middleware host-IP on the onboarding screen
2. Scan the serial number of a device