Table of Contents

• About this repository
• Tests available in the python package anta
• Requirements and installation
• Repository usage
  • How to use the anta package
  • How to use the scripts
    • How to tests devices
    • How to test devices reachability
    • How to collect commands output
    • How to collect the scheduled show tech-support files
    • How to clear counters
    • How to clear the MAC addresses which are blacklisted in EVPN
• Devices testing demo
• Contribution guide
• Continuous Integration
• Credits

About this repository

This repository has a Python package to automate tests on Arista devices.

• The package name is anta, which stands for Arista Network Test Automation.
• This package (or some functions of this package) can be imported in Python scripts:
  • To automate NRFU (Network Ready For Use) test on a preproduction network
  • Or to automate tests on a live network (periodically or on demand)

In addition, this repository has also Python scripts to:

• Test devices
• Test devices reachability
• Collect commands output from devices
• Collect the scheduled show tech-support files from devices
• Clear counters on devices
• Clear the list of MAC addresses which are blacklisted in EVPN

This content uses eAPI (EOS API). You can find examples of EOS automation with eAPI in this repository.

Tests available in the python package anta

The tests are defined in functions in the python package anta:

• Each function returns True, False or None (when it can not run properly)
• The overview.md file has an overview of the functions documentation

Requirements and installation

Please see the requirements and intallation documentation for the requirements and installation procedure.

Repository usage

Once you are done with the installation, you can use the anta package and the scripts.

How to use the anta package

Have a quick look to the package documentation:

• The overview.md file is an overview of the anta package documentation
• The tests.md file is a detailled documentation of the anta package

Here's how we can import and use the functions of the anta package:

>>> import ssl
>>> from jsonrpclib import Server
>>> ssl._create_default_https_context = ssl._create_unverified_context
>>> USERNAME = "arista"
>>> PASSWORD = "aristatwfn"
>>> ENABLE_PASSWORD = "aristatwfn"
>>> IP = "192.168.0.12"
>>> URL=f'https://{USERNAME}:{PASSWORD}@{IP}/command-api'
>>> switch = Server(URL)

>>> from anta.tests import *
>>> dir()
>>> help(verify_eos_version)
>>> help(verify_bgp_evpn_state)
>>> help(verify_interface_discards)

>>> verify_eos_version(switch, ENABLE_PASSWORD, ["4.22.1F"])
>>> verify_bgp_ipv4_unicast_state(switch, ENABLE_PASSWORD)
>>> exit()

How to use the scripts

How to tests devices

• Update the devices inventory with the devices IP address or hostnames.
• Update the file tests.yaml to indicate the tests you would like to run. Some tests require an argument. In that case, provide it using the same YAML file.
• Run the python script check-devices.py.
  • This script imports the python functions defined in the directory anta.
  • These functions defined the tests.
• Check the result in the output file.

vi devices.txt
vi tests.yaml
./check-devices.py --help
./check-devices.py -i devices.txt -t tests.yaml -o output.txt -u username
cat output.txt

How to test devices reachability

• Update the devices inventory with the devices IP address or hostnames.
• Run the python script check-devices-reachability.py.
• Check the result in the console.

vi devices.txt
./check-devices-reachability.py --help
./check-devices-reachability.py -i devices.txt -u username

How to collect commands output

• Update the devices inventory with your devices IP address or hostnames.
• Update the EOS commands list eos-commands.yaml you would like to collect from the devices in text or JSON format.
• Run the python script collect-eos-commands.py.
• Check the output in the output directory.

vi devices-list.text
vi eos-commands.yaml
./collect-eos-commands.py --help
./collect-eos-commands.py -i devices.txt -c eos-commands.yaml -o outdir -u username
ls outdir

How to collect the scheduled show tech-support files

• Update the devices inventory with your devices IP address or hostname.
• Run the python script collect-sheduled-show-tech.py.
• Check the output in the output directory.

vi devices-list.text
./collect-sheduled-show-tech.py --help
./collect-sheduled-show-tech.py -i devices.txt -u username -o outdir
ls outdir

How to clear counters

• Update the devices inventory with your devices IP address or hostnames.
• Run the python script clear-counters.py.

vi devices-list.text
./clear-counters.py --help
./clear-counters.py -i devices.txt -u username

How to clear the MAC addresses which are blacklisted in EVPN

• Update the devices inventory with your devices IP address or hostnames.
• Run the python script evpn-blacklist-recovery.py.

vi devices-list.text
./evpn-blacklist-recovery.py --help
./evpn-blacklist-recovery.py -i devices.txt -u username

Devices testing demo

To test devices, once you are done with the installation, you simply need to indicate:

• Your devices name or IP address in a text file. Here's an example.
• The tests you would like to run in a YAML file. Some tests require an argument. In that case, provide it using the same YAML file. Here's an example.

./check-devices.py --help
usage: check-devices.py [-h] -i INVENTORY_FILE -u USERNAME -t TEST_CATALOG -o OUTPUT_FILE

EOS devices health checks

optional arguments:
  -h, --help         show this help message and exit
  -i INVENTORY_FILE  Text file containing a list of switches, one per line
  -u USERNAME        Devices username
  -t TEST_CATALOG    Text file containing the tests
  -o OUTPUT_FILE     Output file

./check-devices.py -u arista -i devices.txt -o output.txt -t tests.yaml
Device password:
Enable password (if any):
Testing devices .... please be patient ...
Can not connect to device 2.2.2.2
Running tests on device 10.73.1.101 ...
Running tests on device 10.73.1.102 ...
Running tests on device 10.73.1.106 ...
Test results are saved on output.txt

$ cat output.txt
Mon Apr 11 19:12:58 2022
devices inventory file was devices.txt
devices username was arista
list of unreachable devices is
2.2.2.2
tests file was tests.yaml

***** Results *****

+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|    devices    |  01.01  |  01.02  |  01.03  |  01.04  |  02.01  |  02.02  |  02.03  |  02.04  |  02.05  |  02.06  |  02.07  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|  10.73.1.101  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |
|  10.73.1.102  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |
|  10.73.1.106  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|    devices    |  02.08  |  03.01  |  03.02  |  03.03  |  03.04  |  03.05  |  04.01  |  04.02  |  05.01  |  05.02  |  06.01  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|  10.73.1.101  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |
|  10.73.1.102  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |
|  10.73.1.106  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|    devices    |  07.01  |  08.01  |  08.02  |  08.03  |  08.04  |  08.05  |  08.06  |  09.01  |  09.02  |  09.03  |  09.04  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|  10.73.1.101  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |
|  10.73.1.102  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Skip  |
|  10.73.1.106  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|    devices    |  09.05  |  10.01  |  11.01  |  11.02  |  12.01  |  13.01  |  14.01  |  14.02  |  15.01  |  16.01  |  16.02  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|  10.73.1.101  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |
|  10.73.1.102  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |
|  10.73.1.106  |   Skip  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|    devices    |  16.03  |  16.04  |  16.05  |  16.06  |  16.07  |  17.01  |  17.02  |  18.01  |  18.02  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
|  10.73.1.101  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |
|  10.73.1.102  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |
|  10.73.1.106  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Pass  |   Skip  |   Skip  |   Pass  |   Fail  |   Skip  |   Pass  |
+---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

***** Tests *****

01.01    {"name": "verify_eos_version", "versions": ["4.25.4M", "4.26.1F"]}
01.02    {"name": "verify_terminattr_version", "versions": ["v1.13.6", "v1.8.0"]}
01.03    {"name": "verify_eos_extensions"}
01.04    {"name": "verify_field_notice_44_resolution"}
02.01    {"name": "verify_uptime", "minimum": 86400}
02.02    {"name": "verify_reload_cause"}
02.03    {"name": "verify_coredump"}
02.04    {"name": "verify_agent_logs"}
02.05    {"name": "verify_syslog"}
02.06    {"name": "verify_cpu_utilization"}
02.07    {"name": "verify_memory_utilization"}
02.08    {"name": "verify_filesystem_utilization"}
03.01    {"name": "verify_transceivers_manufacturers", "manufacturers": ["Not Present", "Arista Networks", "Arastra, Inc."]}
03.02    {"name": "verify_system_temperature"}
03.03    {"name": "verify_transceiver_temperature"}
03.04    {"name": "verify_environment_cooling"}
03.05    {"name": "verify_environment_power"}
04.01    {"name": "verify_zerotouch"}
04.02    {"name": "verify_running_config_diffs"}
05.01    {"name": "verify_unified_forwarding_table_mode", "mode": 3}
05.02    {"name": "verify_tcam_profile", "profile": "vxlan-routing"}
06.01    {"name": "verify_adverse_drops"}
07.01    {"name": "verify_ntp"}
08.01    {"name": "verify_interface_utilization"}
08.02    {"name": "verify_interface_errors"}
08.03    {"name": "verify_interface_discards"}
08.04    {"name": "verify_interface_errdisabled"}
08.05    {"name": "verify_interfaces_status", "minimum": 4}
08.06    {"name": "verify_storm_control_drops"}
09.01    {"name": "verify_portchannels"}
09.02    {"name": "verify_illegal_lacp"}
09.03    {"name": "verify_mlag_status"}
09.04    {"name": "verify_mlag_interfaces"}
09.05    {"name": "verify_mlag_config_sanity"}
10.01    {"name": "verify_loopback_count", "number": 3}
11.01    {"name": "verify_vxlan"}
11.02    {"name": "verify_vxlan_config_sanity"}
12.01    {"name": "verify_svi"}
13.01    {"name": "verify_spanning_tree_blocked_ports"}
14.01    {"name": "verify_routing_protocol_model", "model": "multi-agent"}
14.02    {"name": "verify_routing_table_size", "minimum": 2, "maximum": 20}
15.01    {"name": "verify_bfd"}
16.01    {"name": "verify_bgp_ipv4_unicast_state"}
16.02    {"name": "verify_bgp_ipv4_unicast_count", "number": 2, "vrf": "default"}
16.03    {"name": "verify_bgp_ipv6_unicast_state"}
16.04    {"name": "verify_bgp_evpn_state"}
16.05    {"name": "verify_bgp_evpn_count", "number": 2}
16.06    {"name": "verify_bgp_rtc_state"}
16.07    {"name": "verify_bgp_rtc_count", "number": 2}
17.01    {"name": "verify_ospf_state"}
17.02    {"name": "verify_ospf_count", "number": 3}
18.01    {"name": "verify_igmp_snooping_vlans", "configuration": "disabled", "vlans": [10, 12]}
18.02    {"name": "verify_igmp_snooping_global", "configuration": "enabled"}

Contribution guide

Contributions are welcome. Please refer to the contribution guide

Continuous Integration

GitHub actions is used to test git pushes and pull requests. The workflows are defined in this directory. We can view the result here.

Credits

Thank you to Angélique Phillipps, Colin MacGiollaEáin, Khelil Sator, Matthieu Tache, Onur Gashi, Paul Lavelle and Thomas Grimonet for their contributions and guidances.