I am rather new to programming and I was wondering y'all think the best way to configure a cisco router using python would be. currently I am using telnetlib. my problem is, I get an error after connecting to the router. here is the error I get when I use IDLE:
Enter IP: 205.180.0.3
Warning: Problem with getpass. Passwords may be echoed.
Router Password: cisco
Warning: Problem with getpass. Passwords may be echoed.
Router Secret: class
Enter Router hostname: RouterBob
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Documents and Settings\bob\My Documents\Administration\Scripts\cisco_config.py", line 20, in ?
tn.write("hostname " + hostName + "\n")
File "C:\Python24\lib\telnetlib.py", line 292, in write
self.sock.sendall(buffer)
File "<string>", line 1, in sendall
error: (10053, 'Software caused connection abort')
>>>
I have also attached the script that I use. could you please point me in the right direction.
thank you in advance,
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import getpass
import sys
import telnetlib
HOST = raw_input("Enter IP: ")
password = getpass.getpass('Router Password: ')
secret = getpass.getpass('Router Secret: ')
tn = telnetlib.Telnet(HOST)
tn.write("\n")
tn.write("\n")
tn.read_until("Router>") #what if it's configured already?
tn.write(password + "\n")
tn.write("enable\n")
tn.write(secret + "\n")
tn.write("config t\n")
#User input for router config
hostName = raw_input("Enter Router hostname: ")
tn.write("hostname " + hostName + "\n")
interface = raw_input("Enter interface to be configured: ")
tn.write("int " + interface + "\n")
intAddress = raw_input("Enter interface IP address and Subnet Mask: ")
tn.write("ip address " + intAddress + "\n")
intDesc = raw_input("Enter description for interface: ")
tn.write("desc " + intDesc + "\n")
bannerMOTD = raw_input("Enter the Message of the day: ")
tn.write("banner motd " + bannerMOTD + "\n")
lineCON = raw_input("Enter CON password: ")
tn.write("line con 0\n")
tn.write("password " + lineCON + "\n")
tn.write("login\n")
lineAUX = raw_input("Enter AUX passowrd: ")
tn.write("line aux 0\n")
tn.write("password " + lineAUX + "\n")
tn.write("login\n")
lineVTY = raw_input("Enter VTY password: ")
tn.write("line vty 0 4\n")
tn.write("password " + lineVTY + "\n")
tn.write("login\n")
tn.write("exit\n")
tn.write("show run\n")
confirm = raw_input("Press Enter To Close:")
tn.close()
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