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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.

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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.

Install

Full installation

If you want to fully install NAPALM you can do it by executing:

pip install napalm

That will install all the drivers currently available.

Partial Installation

If you want to install just a subset of the available modules you can just pick them as follows:

pip install napalm-eos napalm-junos

That will install only the eos and the junos drivers. If you want to remove or add a module later on you can just use pip to do it:

pip uninstall napalm-junos
pip install napalm-ios

Check the 'Supported Network Operating Systems' section for more information about supported modules.

Upgrading

We plan to upgrade napalm as fast as possible. Adding new methods and bugfixes. To upgrade napalm it's a simple as repeating the steps you performed while installing but adding the -U flag. For example:

pip install napalm -U

or:

pip install napalm-eos napalm-junos -U

We will be posting news on our slack channel and on Twitter (more details soon).

Ansible

Please ckeck napalm-ansible for existing Ansible modules leveraging the NAPALM API. Make sure you read the documentation and you understand how it works before trying to use it.

Contact

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

Slack

Slack is probably the easiest way to get help with NAPALM. You can find us in the channel napalm on the network.toCode() team.

News

Blog Posts

Presentations

Podcasts

Authors

Thanks

This project was founded by David Barroso as part of Spotify and Elisa Jasinska as part of BigWave IT. Originally it was hosted by the Spotify organization but due to the many contributions received by third parties we agreed creating a dedicated organization for NAPALM and give a big thanks to Spotify for the support.

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