Overview of the NETCONF::Netconf::Manager Perl Module and Sample Scripts

The NETCONF Perl distribution uses the same directory structure for Perl modules as the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (http://www.cpan.org/). This includes a lib directory for the NET::Netconf module and its supporting files, and an examples directory for the sample scripts.

Client applications use the NET::Netconf::Manager object to communicate with a NETCONF server. All of the sample scripts use this object.

The sample scripts illustrate how to perform the following functions:

• diagnose_bgp.pl—Illustrates how to write scripts to monitor device status and diagnose problems. The sample script extracts and displays information about a device's unestablished Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) peers from the full set of BGP configuration data. The script is provided in the examples/diagnose_bgp directory in the NETCONF XML protocol Perl distribution.
• get_chassis_inventory.pl—Illustrates how to use a predefined query to request information from a device. The sample script invokes the get_chassis_inventory query with the detail option to request the same information as the Junos XML <get-chassis-inventory><detail></get-chassis-inventory> tag sequence and the command-line interface (CLI) show chassis hardware detail command. The script is provided in the examples/get_chassis_inventory directory in the NETCONF XML protocol Perl distribution.
• edit_configuration.pl—Illustrates how to change device configuration by loading a file that contains configuration data formatted with Junos XML tag elements. The distribution includes a sample configuration file, config.xml; however, you can specify another configuration file on the command line. The script is provided in the examples/edit_configuration directory in the NETCONF XML protocol Perl distribution.

For instructions on running the scripts, see the README or README.html file included in the NETCONF Perl distribution.