POC sketch

[plajjan]

import ssh
import drivers

actor Client(tcp_connect_cap, address, username, password=None, key=None, protocol="ssh", port=22 if protocol == "ssh" else 23):
    client = ssh.Client() if protocol == "ssh" else ..? telnet? or what? maybe just support ssh for now
    driver = drivers.auto_detect(client)  # figure out which driver to use, like IOS XR or JUNOS

    def cmd(cb: action(err: ?Exception, response: ?str) -> None, command: str):
        """Run a command on device and return the result via callback
        """
        driver.cmd(cb, command)

    def conf(cb: action(err: ?Exception) -> None, config: list[str]):
        """Apply configuration on device
        """
        driver.conf(cb, config)

[plajjan]

@mzagozen I think running commands and applying configuration are really the two primary things we want to wrap up in commands like this. We should manage login, enable mode, all pagination and similar.

To begin with we can hard-code drivers.

I reckon it's a very good idea peeking at the netmiko source

[mzagozen]

I’ve got something working with cRPD where I can commit and rollback transactions. Could you add me as a collaborator in this repo and the other one so I can push?

[plajjan]

@mzagozen done