Using netopper2 for configuraing nerwork interfaces

[alireza11048]

Hi, I've installed and configured the netopeer2, and I've managed to use it to transmit/retrieve some configuration through CLI to netopeer server. I can see the ietf-interfaces model is installed by default in the sysrepo. my question is, can I use this setup to configure device interfaces through CLI, for example setting the IP address for an interface or setting the gateway? or any extra app should be installed? is there any tutorial about this?

thanks in advance

[jktjkt]

sysrepo won't install ietf-interfaces; there's a test suite which uses that YANG model, but it should run in a sandbox with a separate storage location. What version are you using?

Also, sysrepo itself is "just a YANG database", it won't really control the system on its own. For that, you need applications which use sysrepo and configure your system in response to changes of the sysrepo DB content -- perhaps as edited via NETCONF through Netopeer2. There are several open source projects which build on top of the ietf-interfaces YANG model:

• CESNET/velia
• telekom/sysrepo-plugin-ietf-interfaces

You can find more on the homepage. Also, I recommend reading the docs which explain what exactly is sysrepo.

[1061136002]

Hi, I've installed and configured the netopeer2, and I've managed to use it to transmit/retrieve some configuration through CLI to netopeer server. I can see the ietf-interfaces model is installed by default in the sysrepo. my question is, can I use this setup to configure device interfaces through CLI, for example setting the IP address for an interface or setting the gateway? or any extra app should be installed? is there any tutorial about this?

thanks in advance

Hi, is the problem solved? I have the similar question,could you tell me how to configure?

[jktjkt]

Hi, is the problem solved? I have the similar question,could you tell me how to configure?

Have you read my comment above?

[1061136002]

I recommend reading the docs which explain what exactly is sysrepo

Yes, I still don't know how to fix it. Can you explain more specifically, thanks.

[jktjkt]

As explained in #1410, it looks that there's nothing to fix here. This project (Netopeer2 and sysrepo) is all about a "NETCONF middleware". That's something that developers use to solve whatever problem needs solving -- as long as a part of that problem is "using NETCONF" or "using YANG".

It seems to me that the problem you're trying to solve is "network configuration through NETCONF". That means that you're probably looking for a tool which uses this middleware for configuring your network. Now, I've linked to two projects which use this middleware for just that. You can either pick one of them, or you can write some code which uses this middleware and fits your purposes better.

To offer you an analogy, suppose you need an e-shop. You won't ask the vendor of your SQL DB server to "implement an e-shop". You look for some SW which uses the SQL server and which happens to implement an e-shop, or you write your own SW which uses that SQL DB server. But it's not a job of that SQL server to implement an e-shop, and it's not a job of Netopeer2 or sysrepo to configure network interfaces of a Linux server.

[1061136002]

As explained in #1410, it looks that there's nothing to fix here. This project (Netopeer2 and sysrepo) is all about a "NETCONF middleware". That's something that developers use to solve whatever problem needs solving -- as long as a part of that problem is "using NETCONF" or "using YANG".

It seems to me that the problem you're trying to solve is "network configuration through NETCONF". That means that you're probably looking for a tool which uses this middleware for configuring your network. Now, I've linked to two projects which use this middleware for just that. You can either pick one of them, or you can write some code which uses this middleware and fits your purposes better.

To offer you an analogy, suppose you need an e-shop. You won't ask the vendor of your SQL DB server to "implement an e-shop". You look for some SW which uses the SQL server and which happens to implement an e-shop, or you write your own SW which uses that SQL DB server. But it's not a job of that SQL server to implement an e-shop, and it's not a job of Netopeer2 or sysrepo to configure network interfaces of a Linux server.

Thank you, I understand what you are trying to say.