XMC NBI DeviceLister (Python)

DeviceLister uses the GraphQL-based API provided by the Northbound Interface (NBI) of Extreme Management Center (XMC) to fetch and display a list of all devices. The list includes the following pieces of information for each device:

• up/down (as +/- and text)
• IP address
• vendor and model
• system name or nick name

The tool is intended to provide a quick overview of the managed devices and to serve as a starting point for other tools.

Notice: This project has surfaced as a proof of concept and is not maintained anymore. If you need a production ready NBI client, please refer to the Go version of DevideLister.

Branches

This project uses two defined branches:

• master is the primary development branch. Code within master may be broken at any time.
• stable is reserved for code that interprets without errors and is tested. Track stable if you just want to use the software.

Other branches, for example for developing specific features, may be created and deleted at any time.

Dependencies

DeviceLister.py requires the Python module requests to be installed. PIP may be used to install it:

pip install requests

Usage

Tested with Python 3.7.{3,4} and 3.8.0.

DeviceLister.py -h:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --host HOST           XMC Hostname / IP
  --httptimeout HTTPTIMEOUT
                        Timeout for HTTP(S) connections
  --insecurehttps       Do not validate HTTPS certificates
  --username USERNAME   Username for HTTP auth
  --password PASSWORD   Password for HTTP auth
  --version             Print version information and exit

Source

The original project is hosted at GitLab, with a copy over at GitHub for the folks over there. Additionally, there is a project at GitLab which collects all available clients.