Netmiko 4.7.0 Release

New Platforms

• Optilink GOLT in #3583
• Cisco Access Points in #3584
• IPInfusion OcNOS (commit model) in #3596
• Aviat WTM in #3602
• Nokia ISAM in #3725
• Perle IOLAN Console in #3738
• Smartoptics DWDM in #3760
• APC AOS in #3768
• OpenGear in #3769
• Cisco WLC IOS in #3777
• Calix EXA in #3781
• Hioso OLT in #3799
• Huawei ONT in #3800
• Raisecom ROS in #3802
• IIJ Seilos in #3804
• Avara in #3805
• Lancom LCOSsx5 in #3806
• Fujitsu SIR in #3807
• Hirschmann HIOS in #3808
• Furukawa FITELnet in #3810
• ZPE Nodegrid in #3835

What's Changed

• Fixes 'enable' call issue when device prompt is a substring of literal 'password' string in #3708
• Fix missing flags in re.search call in enable() in #3709
• Aruba OS: Add file transfer support in #3691
• Minor updates to Aruba OS file transfer in #3711
• Ocnos commit description map to 'comment' argument in #3714
• Remove superfluous executable bits in #3722
• Fix typing hints for timeouts: change from int to float in #3720
• Add py.typed and fix include/MANIFEST.in issues in #3723
• Mikrotik space fix issue in #3739
• Use proper type hints for session_log argument of BaseConnection constructor in #3727
• Minor perle fixes in #3740
• Fix Check Point Gaia double command echo issue in #3742
• Improve Check Point Gaia in #3748
• Fix Garderos GRS alt_prompt in #3733
• GH Actions: updating Python and MacOS runner versions in #3755
• Fix error in enable_secret_handler() in #3759
• nokia_isam improvements in #3754
• Add cleanup method for graceful cleanup for Gaia in #3772
• Add save config method for Gaia in #3773
• Add additional search pattern for AOS-CX (e.g. CX 6300M) in #3774
• Adva driver fixes in #3595
• IOS-XR add 'replace' option to commit method in #3668
• Improve Paramiko Cleanup in #3675
• Improve error pattern in #3811
• Update a10 driver in #3812
• Mikrotik check file exists in #3813
• Mikrotik login in #3814
• Cisco s500 driver mapped to s300 class in #3815
• Hide empty cli results in #3816
• Fix Adva F2/F3 session_preparation enter behavior in #3789
• Add fsas_sir as alias for fujitsu_sir device_type in #3809
• Raise ValueError on trailing backslash in InLineTransfer TCL string in #3817
• Add dell_sonic to FILE_TRANSFER_MAP in ssh_dispatcher in #3821
• Fix check_serial_port to use exact match instead of regex grep in #3822
• Remove deprecated License trove classifier from pyproject.toml in #3823
• Fix broken image URLs in README for PyPI rendering in #3824
• Fix Furukawa FITELnet driver bug in #3825
• Remove strip_command() override from FurukawaFitelnet driver in #3827
• Include matched error in ConfigInvalidException for cmd_verify=False in #3828
• Fix Huawei telnet password using "\r" instead of TELNET_RETURN in #3829
• Fix Juniper commit() expect_string false positive on '>' in #3830
• Add save_config to DellSonicSSH using 'write memory' in #3831
• Fix save_config for DellDNOS6 — use short command form with confirmation in #3832
• Implement enable mode for Cisco FTD via diagnostic CLI in #3834
• Use NoEnable mixin for CiscoXrBase in #3836
• Config mode fix in A10 driver in #3840
• Fix remote space function in ZPE Nodegrid driver in #3842
• Fix session_log flush so data is written immediately on write() in #3841
• Add unit tests for SessionLog in #3843
• Fix typing import issue on PY3.13 in #3846
• Fix exit_enable_mode issue with not verifying command echo in #3847
• Update poetry lock file to pin Paramiko version <5 (paramiko5 caused significant breakage) in #3852
• Replace pylama with ruff check in #3783
• Eliminate Python 'black' and convert over to 'ruff format' in #3785
• Update core dependencies in #3782
• Remove setup.cfg in #3784
• Refactor _build_ssh_client to use _get_ssh_client_instance (also fixes SSH-agent not working for certain drivers) in #3794

New Contributors

• @FestplattenSchnitzel made their first contribution in #3691
• @pklimai made their first contribution in #3596
• @isomogyi made their first contribution in #3727
• @bewing made their first contribution in #3740
• @mpfz0r made their first contribution in #3733
• @cdtomkins made their first contribution in #3774
• @balmasea made their first contribution in #3760
• @SeiyaFunaokaJP made their first contribution in #3825
• @jamestiotio made their first contribution in #3842

Full Changelog: v4.6.0...v4.7.0

Netmiko 4.6.0 Release

New Drivers / Platforms

• Add driver for Bintec/Funkwerk BOSS by @mnhauke in #3576
• Ciena Waveserver Driver by @Noppes in #3599
• Corelight Linux by @Noppes in #3600
• Infirena Packet driver added by @Noppes in #3601
• Ekinops ek360 by @Noppes in #3617
• Support for NEC Univerge IX Routers by @inaba-vdom-0 in #3408
• Ciena SAOS10 Driver by @Noppes in #3625
• Edgecore SONiC Driver added by @Noppes in #3618
• Silver Peak VXOA Driver added by @Noppes in #3642
• Added fiberstore_networkos driver by @Noppes in #3649
• Added fiberstore_fsosv2 driver by @Noppes in #3654
• cumulus_vx driver added by @Noppes in #3643
• Lancom LCOS SX4 driver. by @Nivispluma in #3657
• Added telcosystems_binos driver by @Noppes in #3662
• Asterfusion AsterNOS driver by @Wangyuqi in #3660

New Drivers / Platforms (Telnet only)

• genexis_solt33_telnet support by @bsdemon in #3556
• Optilink eolt telnet support by @bsdemon in #3557
• Telnet support for cisco_nxos devices by @Noppes in #3614

Added SCP Support

• Dell SCP Sonic by @aravindmani-1 in #3579

Updates / Bugfixes

• Updating the poetry version backend by @evilmonkey19 in #3550
• Fix to support cisco apic paging by @yone2ks in #3521
• Update Palo Alto Log Collector Compatibility by @opachano in #3535
• Fix pluribus paging issue #3566 by @ktbyers in #3572
• Improve H3C/Comware check_config_mode by @ktbyers in #3573
• Reimplement Huawei SmartAX autodetect by @ktbyers in #3574
• Aruba CX SSH autodetect by @ktbyers in #3575
• Telnet timeout by @ktbyers in #3577
• Huawei buffer clear by @ktbyers in #3578
• Nokia SR Linux: Modify check_config_mode regex by @sebastien-guay in #3240
• Add ANSI escape code to strip (graphics mode) on Linux by @max-dw-i in #3582
• Palo Alto Fix commit options policy_and_objects by @ncharaf in #3242
• Screenos 'Accept' fix #3567 by @ktbyers in #3591
• Fix screenos accept by @ktbyers in #3592
• Screenos 'accept' fix (attempt #3) by @ktbyers in #3593
• Netpicker and Slurp'it Logos and Sponsors by @ktbyers in #3603
• Fixing image links for sponsors by @ktbyers in #3604
• Remove char between images by @ktbyers in #3605
• Fixing behavior issues on IOS-XR commit by @ktbyers in #3610
• A10 nolicense issue and check_config_mode by @ktbyers in #3611
• Extend config example for platforms that support commit by @chrisinmtown in #3624
• Linux SCP updates to support environment variables for prompts by @ktbyers in #3630
• Support for cntl-y handler in Extreme VSP by @ktbyers in #3631
• H3c autodetect by @ktbyers in #3632
• Fix pypi broken links by @ktbyers in #3633
• Fix Arista term width exception issue by @ktbyers in #3634
• Improve telnet_login behavior in cisco_base_connection.py by @ktbyers in #3635
• Fixing MRV LX config mode issue by @ktbyers in #3637
• Improve Palo Alto find_prompt behavior by @ktbyers in #3638
• Do not double logout on disconnect if logged in as root on Linux by @ktbyers in #3639
• Bugfix Mikrotik version > 6.48 = 'export' command incomplete #3405 by @Tonygratta in #3467
• add support for force10 'login banner acknowledge enable' by @lkowolowski in #3647
• Remove unnecessary carriage return by @ktbyers in #3648
• Minor update to add to sentence structure by @itdependsnetworks in #3652
• Added Fiberstore fsosv2; remove duplicate 'fs_os' driver. by @ktbyers in #3655
• Handle ruijie password change message by @ktbyers in #3656
• FastIron: Fix missing non-greedy, fix no enable pwd, improve base_connection by @ktbyers in #3658
• Fixing base_connection.py pattern to be a non-capture group by @ktbyers in #3659
• NEC IX: Make exit_config_mode behavior more standard by @ktbyers in #3623
• Fix set_base_prompt behavior in NEC-IX by @ktbyers in #3667
• Patterns for DellOS10, OS9, Extreme and PowerConnect terminal improvement by @adrianlasota in #3678
• small logic change by @evilmonkey19 in #3687
• Huawei SmartAX infoswitch off fix by @ktbyers in #3686
• Adding support for graceful and faster closing on Huawei SmartAX. by @evilmonkey19 in #3685
• Speeding up Enable and Config in huawei smartax by @evilmonkey19 in #3688
• Fix space available scp by @ktbyers in #3698
• Adding MMI mode for Huawei SmartAX by @evilmonkey19 in #3695
• Update docs for release by @ktbyers in #3699

New Contributors

• @evilmonkey19 made their first contribution in #3550
• @yone2ks made their first contribution in #3521
• @opachano made their first contribution in #3535
• @ncharaf made their first contribution in #3242
• @Noppes made their first contribution in #3599
• @PaperbagLife made their first contribution in #3607
• @inaba-vdom-0 made their first contribution in #3408
• @chrisinmtown made their first contribution in #3624
• @lkowolowski made their first contribution in #3647
• @itdependsnetworks made their first contribution in #3652

Full Changelog: v4.5.0...v4.6.0

Netmiko 4.5.0 Release

New Drivers

• Vertiv MPH PDUs Driver (#3460)
• Garderos GRS Driver (#3429)
• Cisco APIC Driver (Linux) (#3461)
• Alaxala AX2600s and AX3600s Driver (#3462)

Other Major Changes

• Fixes to support PY3.13
• Retire PY3.8 Support
• Add raise_parsing_error parameter to send_command and send_command_timing
• Improve Netmiko cli-tools output formatting behavior
• Adding encryption support to Netmiko cli-tools (#3505)
• Update Netmiko cli_tools to make them more modular and use concurrent features

Other Improvements and bug fixes

• Nokia SRL prompt stripping (#3531)
• Lower Cisco ios priority to eliminate conflicts with ios-xe (#3538)
• Handle MikroTik press enter to continue issue (#3458)
• Add Query Device to ANSI Escape Codes for MikroTik (#3457)
• Fix Mikrotik graceful exit command (#3468)
• Adding support for pysnmp version6 (#3473)
• Linux SSH fix for 'Invalid output from MD5 command' (#3486)
• Add support for md-cli only mode in nokia_sros (#3496)
• Do not explicitly require secondary dependencies (#3515)
• Zyxel fix for next line character in output (#3524)
• Fortinet _preferred_kex settings fix (#3530)
• Sophos fix to allow to allow user to better navigate the interactive menu prompt
• Add bracketed paste mode to ANSI escape codes
• Add 'split-task' to possible vdom configs for Fortinet (#3464)
• Add Bulk encryption utility for .netmiko.yml file
• Documentation and test improvements

Netmiko 4.4.0 Release

New Drivers

• Aruba AOS-CX

Other Major Changes

• Add Python 3.13 support
• Vendor telnetlib internally to Netmiko (PY3.13 dropped inclusion of telnetlib)

Other Improvements

• Add save_config for Huawei VRPv8
• Expand SSH autodetect support
• Improvements for Sophos driver
• Clean up log filter after disconnect
• Improve IOS-XR exit_config_mode() behavior

Netmiko 4.3.0 Release

Security

• Netmiko's session_log has certain scenarios where it was failing to hide the default no_log items ("secret" and "password"). This bug has generally been fixed though there are likely edge scenarios where this could still happen. Given the nature of the session_log it should always be viewed as a security sensitive file.

Python

• Drop PY3.7 support

Documentation

• Add CONTRIBUTING.md document

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Improve Ciena SAOS logic in set_base_prompt
• Improve Nokia SROS disable paging behavior
• Remove Arris and Casa from SSH autodetect
• Add support for Genie and Linux
• Improve TP-Link session_preparation behavior
• Improve MikoTik terminal size definition
• Improve Arista SSH autodetection
• Fix SNMP autodetection when hostname is used (instead of IPv4/IPv6 address)
• Improve SCP behavior for remote_file_size when subdirectories are used
• Implement TelnetFallback entry point
• Improve Extreme SLX-OS autodetect
• Improve Fortinet driver _get_output_mode_v6 behavior
• Improve HP comware and HP procurve behavior in session_preparation
• Add Allied Telesis in SNMP and SSH autodetect
• Update hp_comware.py handle RBM in prompt
• Update vyos_ssh.py to enter and exit config mode on save
• Handle Huawei secure configuration message
• Add support for a SessionLog object in dunder-init(). This allows a custom no_log definition.
• CI-CD fixes for various things breaking
• Improve ers driver cntl-y behavior
• Adtran driver enable global_cmd_verify by default
• Adtran driver improve enable() behavior
• Add Telnet Proxy support for SOCKS Proxy

New Drivers or Expanded Driver Support

• Add support for Fiberstore FSOS
• Add support for Maipu
• Add Digi TransPort Router Support

Contributions By

@melewitz
@mpecarina
@drousseau
@carbonarok
@kacem-expereo
@shrank
@dystland
@cla-azzarello
@msimkins
@msozer-dn
@jiujing
@az-pz
@rnuyttens
@yucai100
@alizee2020
@ovikosta
@tbotnz
@k-ribot
@dannywade
@shivaraj-arch
@Gatorjosh14
@jeffkala
@ktbyers

Netmiko 4.2.0 Release

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Expanded and improved SSH autodetect support.
• Various bug fixes
• Improve Huawei driver
• MikroTik driver improvements
• Fortinet driver improvements
• IOS-XR driver improvements
• Add simpler solution for Paramiko disabled_algorithms issue.
• Add IPv6 support for SNMP autodetect.
• Convert over to use Poetry (eliminate setup.py)
• Improve send_config_set() and read_timeout behavior
• Improve behavior of normalize_linefeeds() method. Add argument to disable this behavior.
• Add check_state argument to enable() method that allows for disabling the initial check_enable_mode() call.

New Drivers or Expanded Driver Support

• Add support for Arris CER
• Add support for Casa CMTS
• Add support for Adva AOS FSP 150 F2 and F3
• Add support for Hillstone StoneOS
• Add support for Teldata CIT
• Add support for Cisco S200
• Add support for Ericsson MINI-LINK 66XX & 63XX
• Add support for SCP on Ubiquiti EdgeRouter

Netmiko 4.1.2 Release

New Driver

• Audiocode Driver by @Gatorjosh14 in #2869

Bugs and Improvements

• Improve disconnect behavior by @ktbyers in #2846
• Improve encoding behavior by @ktbyers in #2847
• Fix textfsm dependency issue by pinning to 1.1.2 by @ktbyers in #2850
• Proposed Cisco WLC fix for session_preparation() problems by @ktbyers in #2822
• Added Versa FlexVNF platform to SSH autodetect by @dn-gh in #2851
• Nokia global_cmd_verify default fix by @laimaretto in #2856
• Fix issue with redispatch not working due to no data by @ktbyers in #2867
• Fix generator bug in send_config_set by @ktbyers in #2890
• Fix to accommodate single character prompts in set_base_prompt by @ktbyers in #2891
• Adding check that key_file exists if use_keys is True by @ktbyers in #2892
• Minor session_log test updates by @ktbyers in #2894

New Contributors

• @dn-gh made their first contribution in #2851

Netmiko 4.1.1 Release

New Drivers

• Add Nokia SRLinux Support
• Add Mikrotik File Transfer Support

Performance Improvements

• Performance Improvements for Linux Driver
• Improve Performance Graphs

Bug Fixes / Improvements

• Better Error Messages for Incompatible Python Versions
• Improve Huawei Driver
• Improve Huawei VRPv8 Driver
• Improve HPE ProCurve Driver
• Improving Junos context stripping patterns
• Improve MikroTik Driver
• Fix for Extreme ERS login issues
• Minor update to threading calls in Netmiko Tools
• Increase save_config default timeout for Cisco-based platforms

Netmiko 4.1.0 Release

Performance Improvements

• Improve performance in Junos config_mode() and check_config_mode() methods.
• Improve performance on disconnect() method.
• Improve slow NX-OS disconnect()
• Improve slow Junos disconnect()

Bug Fixes and other Improvements

• Update VyOS save_config()
• Fix read_timeout being excessively long in case where check_config() fails
• Fix Huawei regular expression issue
• Fix Huawei login issue
• Improve Juniper enter_cli_mode()
• Fix issue with Nokia SROS MD-CLI having square bracket data being removed
• Fix issue with 'write memory' on ubiquity edge switches
• Fix extreme exos read-only account issue
• Add Cisco WLC _send_command_w_yes() method
• Fix Cisco IOS, IOS-XE, and IOS-XR abbreviating prompt in config mode
• Fix Aruba controller paging issue
• Fix fortigate autodetect
• Fixing HP Procurve session_preparation issue on repeated connection

Python Version Support

• Remove PY3.6 Support
• Add PY3.10 Support

Netmiko 4.0.0 Release

Backwards incompatible and other major changes

• Convert send_command to use read_timeout.
• Convert send_command_timing to use read_timeout and last_read
• Add type hints and mypy support
• Relocate exceptions module to netmiko.exceptions (was ssh_exceptions)
• Add read_timeout argument to send_config_set
• Convert netmiko-tools to be an entry point and directly a part of Netmiko library
• Creating a new internal Channel class
• Restructure read methods
• Implement NoEnable and NoConfig inheritance classes to standardize no-config and no-enable behavior

Related Articles

• Article on read_timeout behavior

Major new features

• Add send_multiline() method
• Add send_multiline_timing() method
• Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnLogOnly
• Create new Netmiko factory function named ConnUnify

Related Articles

• Article on send_multiline()
• Article on send_multiline_timing()

New Drivers

• Cisco Viptela Driver
• Dell SONiC Driver
• Cisco S300 Telnet Driver
• Allied Telesis AlliedWare Plus Driver
• Zyxel Driver
• Extreme Tierra OS Driver
• Extreme EXOS Secure Copy Support

Minor Enhancements

• Centralize standard no_auth code into SSHClient_noauth
• Remove vendored Textfsm library code
• Add a shim for cisco_xe to use cisco_ios in ntc-templates
• WLC add method send_command_w_yes to handle show command that still prompts for pagination
• Platforms added to SSH autodetect
• Expand ANSI escape code stripping
• Expand SNMP autodetect support

Bug Fixes

• Fix read ahead issue with read methods
• Fix ntc-templates directory structure issue
• Aruba OS fix for hostname changes
• Fix flexvnf enter cli and prompt issue
• Fix path issue for pip installed ntc-templates when using PY3.9
• Mikrotik driver improvements and fixes
• Fixing IOS-XR confirm prompting issue during commit
• Fix the pan-os acknowledgment banner
• Fix Juniper ScreenOS accept issue
• Add support for Username: for telnet login on ProCurve
• Change ArubaOS command to disable paging
• utf-8 encoding for session_log
• Add bypass_commands support to send_config_set to disable cmd_verify
• Fix disconnect() call for Dlink DS driver
• Prevent secret from being leaked to debug log
• Fix send_command() read issue where data spanned the deque
• Improve set_base_prompt behavior
• Increase the default conn_timeout to 10 seconds improve Paramiko behavior on slow connections

Performance Improvements

• Fix IOS-XR performance issues
• Implement Netmiko performance improvements for a large set of drivers (about half the drivers)
• Fixing Linux very slow disconnect issue