NAPALM

NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support) is a Python library that implements a set of functions to interact with different router vendor devices using a unified API.

NAPALM supports several methods to connect to the devices, to manipulate configurations or to retrieve data.

Supported Network Operating Systems

Please check the following link to see which devices are supported. Make sure you understand the caveats.

Documentation

Before using the library, please read the documentation at: Read the Docs

You can also watch a live demo of NAPALM to see what it is and what it can do for you.

Blog Posts

• Adding Cisco IOS support to NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support)

Install

To install, execute:

pip install napalm

Ansible

There are some ansible modules provided by this API. Make sure you read the documentation and you understand how it works before trying to use it.

Mailing List

If you have any questions, join the users' mailing list at napalm-automation@googlegroups.com and if you are developer and want to contribute to NAPALM feel free to join to the developers' mailing list at napalm-dev@googlegroups.com

IRC

You can find the homologous IRC channels on freenode #napalm-automation and #napalm-dev. Feel free to join if you prefer a more direct approach.

Slack

If you prefer SLACK feel free to join the NAPALM channel on slack at network.toCode().

Authors

• David Barroso (dbarroso@spotify.com)
• Elisa Jasinska (elisa@bigwaveit.org)
• Many others, check the contributors page for details.