Baisc Netmiko Example

Python2

A basic backup example that runs every day and uses Netmiko to execute the remote command to get the device running config and capture the output to a file the is timestamped with the current run time of the script:

import os
import errno
import datetime
from netmiko import ConnectHandler

backup_dir = 'C:/net-device-backups/'
backup_username = 'backup_users'
backup_password = 'backup_password'

try:  
    os.makedirs(backup_dir + 'thw-fpr-01', exist_ok=True)
    os.makedirs(backup_dir + 'thw-asa-01-pri', exist_ok=True)
except OSError as exc:
    if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(path):
        pass
    else:
        raise

thw_fpr_01 = {
    'device_type': 'cisco_ios',
    'ip': '10.0.6.35',
    'username': backup_username,
    'password': backup_password,
    'port': 22,
    'verbose': False
}

thw_asa_01_pri = {
    'device_type': 'cisco_asa',
    'ip': '10.0.6.37',
    'username': backup_username,
    'password': backup_password,
    'port': 22,
    'secret': backup_password,
    'verbose': False
}

net_connect = ConnectHandler(**thw_fpr_01)
output = net_connect.send_command("show configuration")
filename = 'thw-fpr-01--' + '{0:%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S}'.format(datetime.datetime.now()) + '.txt'
f = open(backup_dir + 'thw-fpr-01/' + filename, 'w')
f.write(output)
f.close()

net_connect = ConnectHandler(**thw_asa_01_pri)
net_connect.enable()
output = net_connect.send_command("show running-config")
net_connect.exit_enable_mode()
filename = 'thw-asa-01--' + '{0:%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S}'.format(datetime.datetime.now()) + '.txt'
f = open(backup_dir + 'thw-asa-01-pri/' + filename, 'w')
f.write(output)
f.close()

Python3

#!/usr/bin/env python3

# pip3 install netmiko

import os
import errno
import datetime
from netmiko import ConnectHandler

backup_dir = '/path/to/backups/'
backup_username = 'backup_script'
backup_password = 'xxxxxxxxxxxx'

devices = {
    'c897': {
        'device_type': 'cisco_ios',
        'enable': False,
        'host': '192.168.58.1',
        'username': backup_username,
        'password': backup_password,
        'port': 22,
        'secret': None,
        'show_cmd': 'show running-config view full',
        'verbose': False
    },
    'c897ap': {
        'device_type': 'cisco_ios_telnet',
        'enable': True,
        'host': '192.168.58.1',
        'username': backup_username,
        'password': backup_password,
        'port': 2002,
        'secret': 'yyyyyyyyyy',
        'show_cmd': 'show running-config',
        'verbose': False
    }
}

for dev in devices:

    try:  
        os.makedirs(backup_dir + dev, exist_ok=True)
    except OSError as e:
        if e.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(path):
            pass
        else:
            raise

    net_connect = ConnectHandler(
        device_type=devices[dev]['device_type'],
        host=devices[dev]['host'],
        username=devices[dev]['username'],
        password=devices[dev]['password'],
        port=devices[dev]['port'],
        secret=devices[dev]['secret'],
        verbose=devices[dev]['verbose']
        )

    if devices[dev]['enable']:
        net_connect.enable()
    output = net_connect.send_command(devices[dev]['show_cmd'])
    if devices[dev]['enable']:
        net_connect.exit_enable_mode()

    filename = f"{dev}--{datetime.datetime.now():%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S}.txt"
    f = open(backup_dir + dev + '/' + filename, 'w')
    f.write(output)
    f.close()

 

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