Lanister is a Nexus switch manager, until something better comes along. It's based on weber-backend and is distributed under the BSD 3-clause license. Weber is as well, and the original license has been maintained as WEBER-LICENSE
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Check out the repository
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Go through the configuration in
flask_app/app.yml- most configuration options there are self-explanatory, and you might be interested in tweaking them to your needs. -
Make sure you have
virtualenvinstalled -
Run the test server to experiment:
$ python manage.py testserver
Interface lookup in MAC address table:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/interfaces/\?macs=ecf4bbd60324,bc305bf6b830
{
"ports": {
"bc:30:5b:f6:b8:30": "Eth13/47",
"ec:f4:bb:d6:03:24": "Eth101/1/5"
}
}
Interface lookup by description:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW02/interfaces/\?descriptions=SLOT48.NODE3.DATA1,SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1
{
"ports": {
"SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1": "Eth17/41",
"SLOT48.NODE3.DATA1": "Eth17/40"
}
}
Interface running configuration:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/interfaces/Eth17_41/
{
"config": [
"description SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1",
"switchport",
"switchport mode trunk",
"switchport trunk native vlan 4",
"switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11",
"spanning-tree port type edge trunk",
"mtu 9216",
"no shutdown"
],
"name": "Eth17/41"
}
Interface shutdown:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/interfaces/Eth17_41/ -d '{"state":"down"}' -X PUT
{
"config": [
"description SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1",
"switchport",
"switchport mode trunk",
"switchport trunk native vlan 4",
"switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11",
"spanning-tree port type edge trunk",
"mtu 9216"
],
"name": "Eth17/41"
}
Interface no shutdown:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/interfaces/Eth17_41/ -d '{"state":"up"}' -X PUT
{
"config": [
"description SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1",
"switchport",
"switchport mode trunk",
"switchport trunk native vlan 4",
"switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11",
"spanning-tree port type edge trunk",
"mtu 9216",
"no shutdown"
],
"name": "Eth17/41"
}
Port channel creation and configuration
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/channels/2483/ -d '{"config":["switchport","switchport mode trunk","switchport trunk native vlan 4","switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11","mtu 9216","no shutdown"]}' -X POST
{
"config": [
"switchport",
"switchport mode trunk",
"switchport trunk native vlan 4",
"switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11",
"mtu 9216"
],
"name": "port-channel2483"
}
Interface channel group binding:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/interfaces/Eth17_41/ -d '{"bind":"2483"}' -X PUT
{
"config": [
"description SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1",
"switchport",
"switchport mode trunk",
"switchport trunk native vlan 4",
"switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11",
"spanning-tree port type edge trunk",
"mtu 9216",
"channel-group 2483 mode active",
"no shutdown"
],
"name": "Eth17/41"
}
Interface channel group unbinding:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/interfaces/Eth17_41/ -d '{"bind":""}' -X PUT
{
"config": [
"description SLOT48.NODE2.DATA1",
"switchport",
"switchport mode trunk",
"switchport trunk native vlan 4",
"switchport trunk allowed vlan 4,10-11",
"spanning-tree port type edge trunk",
"mtu 9216",
"no shutdown"
],
"name": "Eth17/41"
}
Port channel deletion:
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/api/SW01/channels/2483/ -X DELETE