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## Controlling the NETCONF Session

This chapter explains how to start and terminate a session with the NETCONF server, and describes the Extensible Markup Language (XML) tag elements from the NETCONF application programming interface (API) that client applications and the NETCONF server use to coordinate information exchange during the session. It includes the following topics:

- Client Application’s Role in a NETCONF Session
- Establishing a NETCONF Session
- Exchanging Information with the NETCONF Server
- Locking and Unlocking the Candidate Configuration
- Terminating Another NETCONF Session
- Ending a NETCONF Session and Closing the Connection
- Displaying CLI Output as XML Tag Elements
- Example of a NETCONF Session

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