Start NSO from the Linux CLI
Add a device to NSO
devices device <name>
address <ip address>
authgroup <authgroup>
device-type cli|generic|netconf|snmp ned-id <ned-id>
!If using CLI
device-type cli protocol ssh|telnet
ssh host-key-verification none
state admin-state unlocked
Create a device group and add devices
devices device-group <name>
device-name <device name>
Check whether devices are in-sync
devices check-sync
devices device <name> check-sync
devices device-group <name> check-sync
Sync the config of all devices to NSO
devices sync-from
devices device <name> sync-from
devices device-group <name> sync-from
Show a single device’s config (from the NSO database which could be out of sync)
show running-config devices device <name> config
Configure a single device from NSO
config
devices device <name>
config
<configuration>
commit
Perform a dry-run commit
commit dry-run [outformat cli|xml|native]
Rollback the config
rollback configuration [commit id]
By default it will rollback to the latest. Use “?” to get a list of commit IDs and the time they were committed.
Create a template
devices template <name>
ned-id <ned-id>
config
<configuration>
exit
exit
<additional ned IDs and their configuration>
commit
Apply a template to a device or device group
devices device <name> apply-template template-name <name>
devices device-group <name> apply-template template-name <name>
Execute an arbitrary command on a device
devices device <name> live-status exec <command>
example:
devices device R1 live-status exec show ip route
Create a compliance report
compliance reports report <name>
compare-template <template name> <device group>
commit
end
compliance reports report <name> run [outformat text|html|xml]
! report is placed under <instance dir>/state/compliance-reports/report*.extension
Make a new service package template with no code
cd nso-instance/packages
ncs-make-package --service-skeleton template <name>
Compile a service and add it to NSO
cd <service-name>/src
make
ncs_cli -C -u admin
packages reload
