salt.proxy.napalm¶

Dependencies¶

• napalm basic network functions (salt.modules.napalm_network)

See also¶

• NTP peers management module (salt.modules.napalm_ntp)

Pillar¶

The napalm proxy configuration requires four mandatory parameters in order to connect to the network device:

• driver: specifies the network device operating system. For a complete list of the supported operating systems please refer to the NAPALM Read the Docs page.
• host: hostname
• username: username to be used when connecting to the device
• passwd: the password needed to establish the connection

Example:

proxy:
    proxytype: napalm
    driver: junos
    host: core05.nrt02
    username: my_username
    passwd: my_password

NAPALM Salt documentation¶

For futher documentation and usage examples, please check the dedicated NAPALM Salt reference in NAPALM Automation community.

salt.proxy.napalm.call(method, **params)¶

Calls a specific method from the network driver instance. Please check the readthedocs page for the updated list of getters.

Parameters:	method -- specifies the name of the method to be called params -- contains the mapping between the name and the values of the parameters needed to call the method
Returns:	A dictionary with three keys: result (True/False): if the operation succeeded out (object): returns the object as-is from the call comment (string): provides more details in case the call failed

Example:

__proxy__['napalm.call']('cli'
                         **{
                            'commands': [
                                'show version',
                                'show chassis fan'
                            ]
                         })

salt.proxy.napalm.init(opts)¶

Opens the connection with the network device.

salt.proxy.napalm.ping()¶

Connection open successfully?

salt.proxy.napalm.shutdown(opts)¶

Closes connection with the device.