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DevOps & Automation · Advanced

NAPALM

Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support, a Python library offering a unified API across network operating systems.

Definition

NAPALM provides getters such as get_facts and get_interfaces returning normalized data, plus configuration operations: load_merge_candidate, load_replace_candidate, compare_config, commit_config, and rollback.

Example

driver = get_network_driver('junos'); dev = driver('r1','u','p'); dev.open(); dev.get_facts()

Exam tip

NAPALM's value is vendor-neutral getters and config replace/merge with diff and rollback.

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