Version 0.6

Just minor changes :-)

mlxsh 0.5 with support for the Brocade || Extreme Networks SLX

Happy Halloween!
Version 0.5 is here with support for the Brocade SLX routers as device type.

mlxsh 0.4 with shell-mode, autocompletion and command history

mlxsh 0.4 is there! Now we do have a shell-mode with autocompletion for a bunch of commands Brocade Netiron, VDX and Junipers JunOS. Also shell-mode have a command history.

mlxsh 0.3 with support for more vendors

mlxsh 0.3 is there and I have added a lot of features and more vendor support.

New hardware and vendors:

• Brocade VDX
• Brocade SLX
• Juniper JunOS

New features:

• SSH Strict Host Key Checking, supporting OpenSSH format (hashed and normalized)
• New command line parameters for ssh client connections (-s, -sf, -i)

Development:

• Added a generic router structure and a router interface to make the development for new devices more faster and easier

0.2c

Fix to compile on new golang versions

Version 0.2b

• support for "aaa authentication login privilege-mode"

Version 0.2a

• fixed ssh ciphers for old version of ironware: xmr, mlx, turboiron
• minor fix for direct hostname call

0.2

Readme @
https://github.com/ipcjk/mlxsh/blob/master/README.md

New features:

• hosts config file in YAML:

• Hostname: frankfurt-rt1
  Username: frankfurt
  Password: password
  EnablePassword: enable
  DeviceType: mlx
  KeyFile: /Users/joerg/.ssh/id_rsa2
  Labels:
  location: frankfurt
  environment: production
  type: mlx
  sweetrouter: yes

• ssh key auth for login

• one-liners on command line:

mlxsh -hostname frankfurt-rt1 -script "show uptime"
mlxsh -hostname frankfurt-rt1 -username operator -password foo -enable foo -script "show ip bgp summ"

• several commands on command line:
  mlxsh -hostname frankfurt-rt1 -script 'show uptime; show module | include NI-XMR; show version'

• grep-able output:

mlxsh -hostname frankfurt-rt1 -script "show uptime" | grep MP

• label-based execution and configuration on router-groups, also great for scheduled maintenance within cron, reloading IX-configs at night, reload the router for testing HA, ….

mlxsh -label "location=frankfurt,type=mlx" -script 'show ip cache'
mlxsh -label "location=munich" -config scripts/bgp_neighbor
mlxsh -label "mission=DECIX" -routerdb='/home/mlxsh/mlxsh.yaml' -config /home/ixgen/decix

• mass / parallel execution in background on router-groups with the -c flag, defaults to two
  mlxsh -c10 -label "location=munich" -script 'show ip bgp 8.8.8.8'

• docker image ready:
  docker run -ti joerg/mlxsh /bin/sh

Version 0.1 ready to go ;-)

For releasing the first version I have renamed the project. Gone is the brand "Brocade" and the project is now called mlxsh for MLX Shell.

Mlxsh can now be configured by a yaml file and execute commands on several routers in a one-after-another loop. It is also possible to enter user specified labels for all routers, so command executions can be narrowed down to the least needed level.

Have fun! 👍