Important

Please note that Net Schema is currently in beta.

Net Schema

About this Project

Net Schema is a library that validates JSON and YAML documents against a defined schema, utilizing JSON Schema. This ensures that data adheres to specified formats and rules.

Additionally, this project is designed for schema validation of network-specific data, providing a range of network-related custom validators.

Installation

To install the Net Schema library, perform the following:

Pip

pip install net-schema

Poetry

poetry add net-schema

Usage

Net Schema provides a CLI. You pass in the path to your documents, along with your schema path. Then Net Schema validates your data against the schema.

net-schema --help
Usage: net-schema [OPTIONS]

  Validate a directory of YAML and JSON files against a schema.

Options:
  -p, --document_path PATH  Path to the documents directory  [required]
  -s, --schema PATH         Path to the schema file  [required]
  -k, --check-dup-keys      Check for duplicate keys in JSON or YAML documents
  --help                    Show this message and exit.

Note

Net Schema also provides an additional option to check for the presence of duplicate keys within your YAML or JSON data via the --check-dup-keys option.

Custom Validators

Net Schema provides various custom validators that can be used within your schema.

Usage

To utilize custom validators within your schema, provide the name of the validator as a key, and then provide True as its value.

Below is an example of using the vlan custom validator to ensure the vlans array consist of vlan values (i.e. integers between 1 and 4094).

type: object
properties:
  vlans:
    type: array
    items:
      vlan: True

ASN Validators

Validator Name	Checks
asn	Validates whether the ASN is valid in general.
asn_public	Checks if the ASN is a public/global ASN.
asn_private	Determines if the ASN is a private ASN.
asn_reserved	Identifies if the ASN is reserved.
asn_documentation	Validates if the ASN is meant for documentation.
asn_2byte	Checks if the ASN falls within the 2-byte ASN range.
asn_4byte	Checks if the ASN falls within the 4-byte ASN range.
asn_notation_dot	Validates ASN format in dot notation.
asn_notation_int	Validates ASN format in integer notation.

IP Validators

Validator Name	Checks
ip	Validates if the instance is a valid IP address.
ip_ipv4	Checks if the instance is a valid IPv4 address.
ip_ipv6	Checks if the instance is a valid IPv6 address.
ip_multicast	Determines if the instance is a multicast IP address.
ip_private	Validates if the instance is a private IP address.
ip_reserved	Identifies if the instance is a reserved IP address.
ip_linklocal	Checks if the instance is a link-local IP address.
ip_network	Validates if the instance represents a valid IP network.

VLAN Validators

Validator Name	Checks
vlan	Validates if the instance is a valid VLAN ID (between 1 and 4094).
vlan_standard	Checks if the instance is a standard VLAN ID (between 1 and 1001).
vlan_extended	Determines if the instance is an extended VLAN ID (between 1006 and 4094).

Example

document

interfaces:
  - name: eth0
    ip: 10.1.1.1
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
  - name: eth1
    ip: 10.1.2.1
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
  - name: eth2
    ip: 10.1.3.1
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
  - name: eth3
    ip: 10.1.4.1000
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
  - name: eth4
    ip: 10.1.5.1
    netmask: 255.255.255.0

schema

type: object
properties:
  interfaces:
    type: array
    items:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          pattern: '^eth[0-9]+$'
        ip:
          ip_ipv4: true
        netmask:
          type: string
          pattern: '^255\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}$'

❯ net-schema --document_path examples/host_vars/ --schema examples/schema.yaml --check-dup-keys
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  Result   Filename                         Location                  Msg
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  ❌       examples/host_vars/rtr001.yml    ['interfaces', 3, 'ip']   '10.1.4.1000' is not a 'ipv4'
  ✅       examples/host_vars/rtr002.yml    --                        --
  ✅       examples/host_vars/rtr003.yml    --                        --