Example code to SSH and perform CLI commands on Cisco Devices. The files included on this repository contain examples on loging in using paramiko package to SSH on DNA Center and Prime infrastructure and execute command(s). After the commands are executed, the output of the result shows on the CLI of the device that is running the script.
All the scripts should be run on the terminal on a device that has python3 and the required python packages installed. You can find the packages needed listed on the file requirement.txt
Clone and Prep the Environment Clone the code repo git clone https://github.com/LeCoderCat/ssh-cisco-devices.git cd ssh-cisco-devices
1. MacOS or Linux
python3.6 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
> Note: If on Linux, you will need to install the Python3.6 development files. On CentOS this is done with yum install -y python36u-devel
2. Windows - recommendation to use git-bash terminal
py -3 -m venv venv
source venv/Scripts/activate
pip install -r requirements-win.txt
> Note: Creation and activation of a venv in Windows is slightly different.
In order to have SSH access to Cisco DNA Center platform, you can use reservation-based sandboxes available at Cisco's DEVNET site. These sandboxes are private, preconfigured labs with all resources dedicated to you for the duration of the reservation. You have the ability to install your own application and share the lab with other users.
To access Cisco DNA Center sandboxes, click here.
Unfortunately, at this time there is no Prime Infrastructure sandbox available at DEVNET. However, Prime Infrastructure does come with an out-of-the-box evaluation license that you can use for testing. If you need to download the evaluation copy of Prime Infrastructure (or other Cisco Prime offerings) you can get it from here.
Here you can find examples of the output of the scripts running. To make it usable on your evironment, don't forget to replace the username and credentials on the python files.
DNAC_SSH.py (same way to run DNAC.py)
MAC:ssh_scripts user$ python3 DNAC_SSH.py
Logged in DNAC. . .
logout
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE IP NODE NOMINATED NODE
assurance-backend collector-cli-5fc77585d8-79ttt 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.5.6 192.168.21.18 <none>
assurance-backend collector-iosxe-db-5b6856d9f6-n4bxd 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.5.28 192.168.21.18 <none>
assurance-backend grpc-collector-6d9f8776c9-mt4v6 1/1 Running 1 40d 192.168.21.18 192.168.21.18 <none>
assurance-backend nsa-webapp-5c955f6dd-g7wjx 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.244 192.168.21.18 <none>
assurance-backend serviceability-656f45df7b-kf56l 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.5.45 192.168.21.18 <none>
assurance-backend skype-collector-7d6d588cc-6q7jw 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.207 192.168.21.18 <none>
assurance-backend wirelesscollector-bf99f5f99-jhjjm 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.247 192.168.21.18 <none>
dnacaap daas-runtime-85858c9bdf-jk6tn 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.240 192.168.21.18 <none>
<...>
dnacaap dna-event-runtime-6d749f8b9d-ff497 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.194 192.168.21.18 <none>
ndp redis-0 2/2 Running 3 40d 172.31.4.249 192.168.21.18 <none>
ndp schemaregistry-5c948f8f8b-q5g5w 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.250 192.168.21.18 <none>
ndp writestore-6fcd4798c8-h6rlf 1/1 Running 4 40d 172.31.4.205 192.168.21.18 <none>
sensor-assurance-backend sensor-assurance-backend-66cbffd66d-rmq7t 1/1 Running 1 40d 172.31.4.195 192.168.21.18 <none>
MAC:ssh_scripts user$ PRIME_SSH.py
MAC:ssh_scripts user$ python3 PRIME_SSH.py
Logged in Prime. . .
show clock
exit
WARNING: Unsuccessful login attempts :
admin ssh:notty Thu Feb 20 22:25 - 22:25 (00:00) 192.168.0.1
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css-dna-pi/admin# show clock
Thu Feb 27 12:52:54 CET 2020
css-dna-pi/admin# exit
MAC:ssh_scripts user$