Arista EOS automation scripts with the API
Written by Arnaud no commentsI've added in a github repository some of the scripts I use for basic operations.
The username should be provide in argument while the password will be requested by the prompt,
here are the details :
First make sur you have enabled the http/https API (there is a lot of documentation and examples if you connect with your web browser on your router's IP) :
management api http-commands
protocol http
vrf default
ip access-group ACL-API-IN in
ipv6 access-group ACL6-API-IN in
exit
no shutdown
exitsw_list.yml
the list of switches/routers you want to connect to
backup_all.py
backup the running-config and write a file per hostname
./backup_all.py <username>
passwd:- - - - - -
Proceeding with device : router1
Model and version are: DCS-7280SR-48C6-F - 4.20.8M-INT
- - - - - -
Proceeding with device : router2
Model and version are: DCS-7280SR2A-48YC6-F - 4.20.8M-INT
cli_run.py
./cli_run.py <username>
passwd:
Type your command : show run | include bgp
Proceeding with device : router1
Model and version are: DCS-7280SR-48C6-F - 4.20.8M-INT
router bgp 65535
no bgp default ipv4-unicast
no bgp additional-paths receive
no bgp bestpath as-path multipath-relax- - - - - -
Proceeding with device : router2
Model and version are: DCS-7280SR2A-48YC6-F - 4.20.8M-INT
deploy.py
If you chose to no commit a change, the script will rollback configuration and exit without processing next device.
eos.conf : the commands you want to deploy with deploy.py
./deploy.py <username>
passwd:
Type configuration session name: bgp- - - - - -
Proceeding with device : router1
Model and version are: DCS-7280SR-48C6-F - 4.20.8M-INT
--- system:/running-config
+++ session:/bgp-session-config
@@ -824,7 +824,6 @@
neighbor BPG-IBGP peer-group
neighbor BPG-IBGP remote-as 65536
neighbor BPG-IBGP update-source Loopback0
+ neighbor BPG-IBGP additional-paths receive
- neighbor BPG-IBGP additional-paths send
Commit? (y/N) N
Rollback: aborting session bgp
Exiting...
Some more examples here : https://github.com/ksator/arista_eos_automation_with_eAPI