Setup Netconf Testing Environment

• Setup Netconf Testing Environment
  • Install sysrepo
    • Prerequites
    • Installation
  • Install Netopeer2
    • Prerequisite
    • Installation
  • Test
    • Start netconf server
    • Create Custom YANG Module

Install sysrepo

Prerequites

1. gcc (>= 4.8.4)
2. cmake (>= 2.8.12)
3. libyang
4. libpcre2-dev
5. libpcre2

Installation

### clone git repo
git clone https://github.com/sysrepo/sysrepo.git
### build sysrepo
mkdir sysrepo/build && cd sysrepo/build
cmake ..
make
sudo make install
### load shared library object
sudo ldconfig

### install libpcre2
sudo apt-get install -y libpcre2-dev

Install Netopeer2

Prerequisite

1. sysrepo
2. libyang (installed in previous section)
3. libnetconf2

Installation

### clone git repo
git clone https://github.com/CESNET/netopeer2.git
### build & install
cd netopeer2; mkdir build; cd build
cmake ..
make 
sudo make install
### load library
sudo ldconfig

Test

Start netconf server

### one terminal
sudo netopeer2-server -d -v2
### another terminal
sudo netopeer2-cli
> connect --host localhost --login <user> --port 830
### if login succeed
> get-config --source running

Create Custom YANG Module

• create a YANG module

module my-base {
    yang-version 1.1;
    namespace "http://chih-hsi-chen.com.tw/ns/yang/my-base";
    prefix mb;

    organization "National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University";
    contact "Hello Yang";
    description "This yang module is for testing and a basic example";

    typedef phonenumber {
        type string {
            pattern "[0-9]{5}";
        }
        description "Phone Number";
    }

    container people {
        config true;
        leaf name {
            type string;
            mandatory true;

        }
        leaf phone {
            type phonenumber;
            mandatory true;
        }
    }
}

• Install module by sysrepoctl

sudo sysrepoctl -i my-base.yang

• Prepare initial data

<people xmlns="http://chih-hsi-chen.com.tw/ns/yang/my-base">
    <name>Jack</name>
    <phone>01234</phone>
</people>

Here, we create a .xml file named create-object.xml

• Apply config to startup datastore by sysrepocfg

sudo sysrepocfg -W create-object.xml --datastore startup --module my-base -f xml

• Start up netopeer2-server

sudo netopeer2-server -d -v2

• Start up netopeer2-cli and connect to server

netopeer2-cli
### port option can be ignored
> connect --host localhost --login root [--port 830]
> get-config --source running

You should see the output will be:

<data xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  ...
  <people xmlns="http://chih-hsi-chen.com.tw/ns/yang/my-base">
    <name>Jack</name>
    <phone>01234</phone>
  </people>
</data>