NTC-Templates custom directory

[resparis]

Hi All,

I want to use a custom dictory for NTC-Templaces with Netmiko.

So far I tried: from nornir import InitNornir from nornir_netmiko.tasks import netmiko_send_command, netmiko_send_config from nornir_utils.plugins.functions import print_result import json import os

os.environ["NTC_TEMPLATES_DIR"] = "/ntc_templates/" result = nr.run(netmiko_send_command, command_string="show vpls mac-table instance", use_textfsm=True)

But it is not working.

Any ideas?

[ktbyers]

@resparis This isn't a Nornir issue (so issue should either be in Netmiko or Nornir-Netmiko repository and not in main Nornir repository).

So you have your own index file? What is the full path to the index file?

[resparis]

@ktbyers thanks for the quick response. The full path is /home/resparis/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates/

I just tried os.environ["NTC_TEMPLATES_DIR"] = "/home/resparis/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates/" and did not work either.

(hc_env) resparis@ubuntu:~/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates$ pwd /home/resparis/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates (hc_env) resparis@ubuntu:~/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates$ ls -la total 56 drwxrwxr-x 2 resparis resparis 4096 Mar 17 05:42 . drwxrwxr-x 6 resparis resparis 4096 Mar 17 09:01 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 resparis resparis 41393 Mar 17 05:43 index -rw-rw-r-- 1 resparis resparis 148 Mar 17 05:32 juniper_junos_show_vpls_mac_table_instance2.textfsm (hc_env) resparis@ubuntu:~/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates$ more index | grep vpls juniper_junos_show_vpls_mac_table_instance2.textfsm, .*, juniper_junos, show vpls mac-table instance

[ktbyers]

I don't see a TextFSM index file there?

If you just have a specific template file you want to use, then you need to use the following two arguments:

use_textfsm=True
textfsm_template="/path/to/textfsm_file.tpl

[ktbyers]

You would use these as arguments here:

result = nr.run(netmiko_send_command, command_string="show vpls mac-table instance", use_textfsm=True)

[resparis]

I don't see a TextFSM index file there?

If you just have a specific template file you want to use, then you need to use the following two arguments:

use_textfsm=True
textfsm_template="/path/to/textfsm_file.tpl

It is there:

(hc_env) resparis@ubuntu:~/Documents/Health_Check/ntc_templates$ ls -la total 56 drwxrwxr-x 2 resparis resparis 4096 Mar 17 05:42 . drwxrwxr-x 6 resparis resparis 4096 Mar 17 09:01 .. -rw-rw-r-- 1 resparis resparis 41393 Mar 17 05:43 index -rw-rw-r-- 1 resparis resparis 148 Mar 17 05:32 juniper_junos_show_vpls_mac_table_instance2.textfsm

[ktbyers]

Did you edit the index file and add your entry?

It might be easier just to point directly at the template file (as per the commands I sent above).

[dbarrosop]

Feel free to keep discussing here if you want but I am closing the issue as this is not a problem with nornir itself

[resparis]

textfsm_template

I just test adding template path as you suggested. It worked. Thanks a lot