Research and plan how to implement NETCONF support in NAV

[jmbredal]

There are various pre-existing NETCONF libraries for Python. Research which ones can be used in conjunction with NAV. Considerations to make:

• GPL compatible license
• Can work asynchronously for integration in the Twisted framework
• Compatibility with PortAdmin and Arnold are prioritized
  • Specific use case: Cisco Nexus is removing support for configuration through SNMP, recommends NETCONF instead

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Imported from Launchpad using lp2gh.

• date created: 2013-11-05T09:40:04Z
• owner: mbrekkevold
• the launchpad url was https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1248093

[knutvi]

Hi,

What about REST/API support. Many big vendor are starting to support REST/API
Cisco (IOS XE, NX-OS)
HP (Aruba)
Juniper
Arista

Regard
Knut-Helge.

[lunkwill42]

This is really a big meta-issue, formulated in such a way that it is hard to close.

But, in fact, most of this should be considered fixed by now. I.e.: In the last couple of years, NAV has gained support for configuring other management protocols than SNMP, NETCONF through NAPALM being one of them, and PortAdmin has gained support for NETCONF for Juniper devices.

Any further work on NETCONF support et.al. should now be specified as separate issues so we can move on.