Connecting to a network device using netmiko
When dealing with a network device and its connection in netmiko we will generally deal with ConnectHandler
. This is our central interface to open a connection to a device and write commands to the device as well as reading the output back.
In this recipe, you will see how to programmatically open an SSH connection by creating an instance of netmiko's ConnectHandler
.
Getting ready
Open your code editor and start by creating a file called connect.py
. Next, navigate your terminal to the same directory that you just created the connect.py
file in.
How to do it...
Let's start by importing the required classes from the netmiko library. We will then set up a dictionary that contains our connection details and then initiate a connection to the device we just specified.
Follow these steps to establish a connection from your Python script to a network device using netmiko:
- Import
ConnectHandler
fromnetmiko
:from...