def getTopology(initial_router): # passing the IP address to start with
""" discovering topology """
topology = Topology(initial_router)
debugmsg("Started")
topology.get()
debugmsg("Topology identified")
return topology.routers # return array of the router objects
from my.messages import printerrmsg
printerrmsg(fileRoutersData + " not found! run main.py first")
import sys
sys.exit()
return routers # return array of the router objects
if __name__ == "__main__":
routers = getTopology(initialRouter) # getting topology
nrouters = len(routers)
pool = Pool(processes=nrouters)
routersinfo = pool.map(
getRouterInfo, range(nrouters)
) # starting multiple subprocesses to acquire configuration information from all the routers
for i in range(nrouters):
routers[i].merge(routersinfo[i])
debugmsg("Routers info collected")
routers.sort(key=lambda router: int(router.name[1:]))
def saveRoutersData(routers): # passing array of router objects
""" save the array of router objects to the file """
from defaults import fileRoutersData
return pickle.dump(
[router.cleartopickle() for router in routers], open(fileRoutersData, "w")
) # return result of the operation
saveRoutersData(routers) # save the array of router objects in the file
