virl2_client package

exception virl2_client.InitializationError

Bases: VirlException

exception virl2_client.InterfaceNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.LabNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.LinkNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.NodeNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

class virl2_client.ClientConfig(url: str | None = None, username: str | None = None, password: str | None = None, ssl_verify: bool | str = True, allow_http: bool = False, auto_sync: float = 1.0, raise_for_auth_failure: bool = True, convergence_wait_max_iter: int = 500, convergence_wait_time: int | float = 5)

Bases: tuple

Stores client library configuration, which can be used to create any number of identically configured instances of ClientLibrary.

make_client() ClientLibrary
allow_http: bool

Alias for field number 4

auto_sync: float

Alias for field number 5

convergence_wait_max_iter: int

Alias for field number 7

convergence_wait_time: int | float

Alias for field number 8

password: str | None

Alias for field number 2

raise_for_auth_failure: bool

Alias for field number 6

ssl_verify: bool | str

Alias for field number 3

url: str | None

Alias for field number 0

username: str | None

Alias for field number 1

class virl2_client.ClientLibrary(url: str | None = None, username: str | None = None, password: str | None = None, ssl_verify: bool | str = True, raise_for_auth_failure: bool = False, allow_http: bool = False, convergence_wait_max_iter: int = 500, convergence_wait_time: int | float = 5)

Bases: object

Python bindings for the REST API of a CML controller.

__init__(url: str | None = None, username: str | None = None, password: str | None = None, ssl_verify: bool | str = True, raise_for_auth_failure: bool = False, allow_http: bool = False, convergence_wait_max_iter: int = 500, convergence_wait_time: int | float = 5) None

Initializes a ClientLibrary instance. Note that ssl_verify can also be a string that points to a cert (see class documentation).

Parameters:
  • url – URL of controller. It’s also possible to pass the URL via the VIRL2_URL environment variable. If no protocol scheme is provided, “https:” is used.

  • username – Username of the user to authenticate

  • password – Password of the user to authenticate

  • ssl_verify – Path SSL controller certificate, or True to load from CA_BUNDLE environment variable, or False to disable

  • raise_for_auth_failure – Raise an exception if unable to connect to controller (use for scripting scenarios)

  • allow_http – If set, a https URL will not be enforced

  • convergence_wait_max_iter – maximum number of iterations to wait for lab to converge

  • convergence_wait_time – wait interval in seconds to wait during one iteration during lab convergence wait

Raises:

InitializationError – If no URL is provided, authentication fails or host can’t be reached

all_labs(show_all: bool = False) list[Lab]

Retrieves a list of all defined labs.

Parameters:

show_all – Whether to get only labs owned by the admin or all user labs

Returns:

A list of lab objects

Return type:

list[models.Lab]

check_controller_version() None

Checks remote controller version against current client version (specified in self.VERSION) and against controller version blacklist (specified in self.INCOMPATIBLE_CONTROLLER_VERSIONS) and raises exception if versions are incompatible or prints warning if client minor version is lower than controller minor version.

create_lab(title: str | None = None) Lab

Creates an empty lab with the given name. If no name is given, then the created lab ID is set as the name.

Note that the lab will be auto-syncing according to the Client Library’s auto-sync setting when created. The lab has a property to override this on a per-lab basis.

Example:

lab = client_library.create_lab()
print(lab.id)
lab.create_node("r1", "iosv", 50, 100)
Parameters:

title – The Lab name (or title)

Returns:

A Lab instance

find_labs_by_title(title: str) list[Lab]

Return a list of labs which match the given title.

Parameters:

title – The title to search for

Returns:

A list of lab objects which match the title specified

get_diagnostics() dict

Returns the controller diagnostic data as JSON

Returns:

diagnostic data

Return type:

dict

get_host() str

Returns the hostname of the session to the controller.

Returns:

A hostname

get_lab_list(show_all: bool = False) list[str]

Returns list of all lab IDs.

Parameters:

show_all (bool) – Whether to get only labs owned by the admin or all user labs

Returns:

a list of Lab IDs

Return type:

list[str]

get_local_lab(lab_id: str) Lab
get_sample_labs() dict[str, dict]

Returns a dictionary with information about all sample labs available on host.

Returns:

A dictionary of sample lab information, where keys are titles

get_system_health() dict

Returns the controller system health data as JSON

Returns:

system health data

get_system_stats() dict

Returns the controller resource statistics as JSON

Returns:

system resource statistics

import_lab(topology: str, title: str | None = None, offline: bool = False, virl_1x: bool = False) Lab

Imports an existing topology from a string.

Parameters:
  • topology – Topology representation as a string

  • title – Title of the lab (optional)

  • offline – whether the ClientLibrary should import the lab locally. The topology parameter has to be a JSON string in this case. This can not be XML or YAML representation of the lab. Compatible JSON from GET /labs/{lab_id}/topology.

  • virl_1x – Is this old virl-1x topology format (default=False)

Returns:

A Lab instance

Raises:
  • ValueError – if there’s no lab ID in the API response

  • httpx.HTTPError – if there was a transport error

import_lab_from_path(path: str, title: str | None = None) Lab

Imports an existing topology from a file / path.

Parameters:
  • path – Topology filename / path

  • title – Title of the lab

Returns:

A Lab instance

import_sample_lab(title: str) Lab

Imports a built-in sample lab.

Parameters:

title – sample lab name, as returned by get_sample_labs

Returns:

a Lab instance

is_system_ready(wait: bool = False, max_wait: int = 60, sleep: int = 5) bool

Reports whether the system is ready or not.

Parameters:
  • wait – if this is true, the call will block until it’s ready

  • max_wait – maximum time to wait, in seconds

  • sleep – time to wait between tries, in seconds

Returns:

ready state

static is_virl_1x(path: Path) bool
join_existing_lab(lab_id: str, sync_lab: bool = True) Lab

Creates a new ClientLibrary lab instance that is retrieved from the controller.

If sync_lab is set to true, then synchronize current lab by applying the changes that were done in UI or in another ClientLibrary session.

Join preexisting lab:

lab = client_library.join_existing_lab("2e6a18")
Parameters:
  • lab_id – The lab ID to be joined.

  • sync_lab – Synchronize changes.

Returns:

A Lab instance

local_labs() list[Lab]
logout(clear_all_sessions: bool = False) None

Invalidate current token.

remove_lab(lab_id: str) None

Use carefully, it removes a given lab:

client_library.remove_lab("1f6cd7")
Parameters:

lab_id (str) – The lab ID to be removed.

system_info() dict

Get information about the system where the application runs. Can be called without authentication.

Returns:

system information json

INCOMPATIBLE_CONTROLLER_VERSIONS = [2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3]
VERSION = 2.5.0
auto_sync

auto_sync automatically syncs data with the backend after a specific time. The default expiry time is 1.0s. This time can be configured by setting the auto_sync_interval.

property session: Client

Returns the used httpx client session object.

Returns:

The session object

Subpackages

Submodules

virl2_client.exceptions

exception virl2_client.exceptions.DesynchronizedError

Bases: VirlException

exception virl2_client.exceptions.ElementAlreadyExists

Bases: VirlException, FileExistsError

exception virl2_client.exceptions.ElementNotFound

Bases: VirlException, KeyError

exception virl2_client.exceptions.InitializationError

Bases: VirlException

exception virl2_client.exceptions.InterfaceNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.exceptions.InvalidImageFile

Bases: VirlException

exception virl2_client.exceptions.InvalidProperty

Bases: VirlException

exception virl2_client.exceptions.LabNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.exceptions.LinkNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.exceptions.NodeNotFound

Bases: ElementNotFound

exception virl2_client.exceptions.VirlException

Bases: Exception

virl2_client.virl2_client

class virl2_client.virl2_client.ClientConfig(url: str | None = None, username: str | None = None, password: str | None = None, ssl_verify: bool | str = True, allow_http: bool = False, auto_sync: float = 1.0, raise_for_auth_failure: bool = True, convergence_wait_max_iter: int = 500, convergence_wait_time: int | float = 5)

Bases: tuple

Stores client library configuration, which can be used to create any number of identically configured instances of ClientLibrary.

make_client() ClientLibrary
allow_http: bool

Alias for field number 4

auto_sync: float

Alias for field number 5

convergence_wait_max_iter: int

Alias for field number 7

convergence_wait_time: int | float

Alias for field number 8

password: str | None

Alias for field number 2

raise_for_auth_failure: bool

Alias for field number 6

ssl_verify: bool | str

Alias for field number 3

url: str | None

Alias for field number 0

username: str | None

Alias for field number 1

class virl2_client.virl2_client.ClientLibrary(url: str | None = None, username: str | None = None, password: str | None = None, ssl_verify: bool | str = True, raise_for_auth_failure: bool = False, allow_http: bool = False, convergence_wait_max_iter: int = 500, convergence_wait_time: int | float = 5)

Bases: object

Python bindings for the REST API of a CML controller.

__init__(url: str | None = None, username: str | None = None, password: str | None = None, ssl_verify: bool | str = True, raise_for_auth_failure: bool = False, allow_http: bool = False, convergence_wait_max_iter: int = 500, convergence_wait_time: int | float = 5) None

Initializes a ClientLibrary instance. Note that ssl_verify can also be a string that points to a cert (see class documentation).

Parameters:
  • url – URL of controller. It’s also possible to pass the URL via the VIRL2_URL environment variable. If no protocol scheme is provided, “https:” is used.

  • username – Username of the user to authenticate

  • password – Password of the user to authenticate

  • ssl_verify – Path SSL controller certificate, or True to load from CA_BUNDLE environment variable, or False to disable

  • raise_for_auth_failure – Raise an exception if unable to connect to controller (use for scripting scenarios)

  • allow_http – If set, a https URL will not be enforced

  • convergence_wait_max_iter – maximum number of iterations to wait for lab to converge

  • convergence_wait_time – wait interval in seconds to wait during one iteration during lab convergence wait

Raises:

InitializationError – If no URL is provided, authentication fails or host can’t be reached

all_labs(show_all: bool = False) list[Lab]

Retrieves a list of all defined labs.

Parameters:

show_all – Whether to get only labs owned by the admin or all user labs

Returns:

A list of lab objects

Return type:

list[models.Lab]

check_controller_version() None

Checks remote controller version against current client version (specified in self.VERSION) and against controller version blacklist (specified in self.INCOMPATIBLE_CONTROLLER_VERSIONS) and raises exception if versions are incompatible or prints warning if client minor version is lower than controller minor version.

create_lab(title: str | None = None) Lab

Creates an empty lab with the given name. If no name is given, then the created lab ID is set as the name.

Note that the lab will be auto-syncing according to the Client Library’s auto-sync setting when created. The lab has a property to override this on a per-lab basis.

Example:

lab = client_library.create_lab()
print(lab.id)
lab.create_node("r1", "iosv", 50, 100)
Parameters:

title – The Lab name (or title)

Returns:

A Lab instance

find_labs_by_title(title: str) list[Lab]

Return a list of labs which match the given title.

Parameters:

title – The title to search for

Returns:

A list of lab objects which match the title specified

get_diagnostics() dict

Returns the controller diagnostic data as JSON

Returns:

diagnostic data

Return type:

dict

get_host() str

Returns the hostname of the session to the controller.

Returns:

A hostname

get_lab_list(show_all: bool = False) list[str]

Returns list of all lab IDs.

Parameters:

show_all (bool) – Whether to get only labs owned by the admin or all user labs

Returns:

a list of Lab IDs

Return type:

list[str]

get_local_lab(lab_id: str) Lab
get_sample_labs() dict[str, dict]

Returns a dictionary with information about all sample labs available on host.

Returns:

A dictionary of sample lab information, where keys are titles

get_system_health() dict

Returns the controller system health data as JSON

Returns:

system health data

get_system_stats() dict

Returns the controller resource statistics as JSON

Returns:

system resource statistics

import_lab(topology: str, title: str | None = None, offline: bool = False, virl_1x: bool = False) Lab

Imports an existing topology from a string.

Parameters:
  • topology – Topology representation as a string

  • title – Title of the lab (optional)

  • offline – whether the ClientLibrary should import the lab locally. The topology parameter has to be a JSON string in this case. This can not be XML or YAML representation of the lab. Compatible JSON from GET /labs/{lab_id}/topology.

  • virl_1x – Is this old virl-1x topology format (default=False)

Returns:

A Lab instance

Raises:
  • ValueError – if there’s no lab ID in the API response

  • httpx.HTTPError – if there was a transport error

import_lab_from_path(path: str, title: str | None = None) Lab

Imports an existing topology from a file / path.

Parameters:
  • path – Topology filename / path

  • title – Title of the lab

Returns:

A Lab instance

import_sample_lab(title: str) Lab

Imports a built-in sample lab.

Parameters:

title – sample lab name, as returned by get_sample_labs

Returns:

a Lab instance

is_system_ready(wait: bool = False, max_wait: int = 60, sleep: int = 5) bool

Reports whether the system is ready or not.

Parameters:
  • wait – if this is true, the call will block until it’s ready

  • max_wait – maximum time to wait, in seconds

  • sleep – time to wait between tries, in seconds

Returns:

ready state

static is_virl_1x(path: Path) bool
join_existing_lab(lab_id: str, sync_lab: bool = True) Lab

Creates a new ClientLibrary lab instance that is retrieved from the controller.

If sync_lab is set to true, then synchronize current lab by applying the changes that were done in UI or in another ClientLibrary session.

Join preexisting lab:

lab = client_library.join_existing_lab("2e6a18")
Parameters:
  • lab_id – The lab ID to be joined.

  • sync_lab – Synchronize changes.

Returns:

A Lab instance

local_labs() list[Lab]
logout(clear_all_sessions: bool = False) None

Invalidate current token.

remove_lab(lab_id: str) None

Use carefully, it removes a given lab:

client_library.remove_lab("1f6cd7")
Parameters:

lab_id (str) – The lab ID to be removed.

system_info() dict

Get information about the system where the application runs. Can be called without authentication.

Returns:

system information json

INCOMPATIBLE_CONTROLLER_VERSIONS = [2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3]
VERSION = 2.5.0
auto_sync

auto_sync automatically syncs data with the backend after a specific time. The default expiry time is 1.0s. This time can be configured by setting the auto_sync_interval.

password: str
property session: Client

Returns the used httpx client session object.

Returns:

The session object

url: str
username: str
class virl2_client.virl2_client.Version(version_str: str)

Bases: object

__init__(version_str: str) None
major_differs(other: Version) bool
minor_differs(other: Version) bool
minor_lt(other: Version) bool
minor_or_patch_differs(other: Version) bool
static parse_version_str(version_str: str) str
patch_differs(other: Version) bool
major
minor
patch
version_str
virl2_client.virl2_client.prepare_url(url: str, allow_http: bool) tuple[str, str]