Some sample commands on Cisco device using 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.

To install NAPALM we need to meet the following requirements:

We will need a machine with the Linux Operating System. In my case I use the Ubuntu console for Windows 10. We need to have Python3 installed. PIP – Python Library Package Manager. Python Virtual Environment (Optional)

pip install napalm # Command to install napalm.