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dvalve_376192
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Nov 05, 2018

python show running-config

I am trying to get a Python script to output the running config of my F5, to show everything from authentication to pools to ntp settings. With TMSH/SSH it's so easy doing 'show running-config' and t...
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  • Malware_Mike_37's avatar
    Malware_Mike_37
    Nov 21, 2018

    I was able to get the running config to show with Python, please see the code below:

     

    from f5.bigip import ManagementRoot
mgmt = ManagementRoot("your_f5_ip", 'username', 'password')
x = mgmt.tm.util.bash.exec_cmd('run', utilCmdArgs='-c "tmsh show running-config"')
print(x.commandResult)
Karol_Biernack5's avatar
Karol_Biernack5
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Nov 21, 2018

It aint pretty , but it should do the trick, one possible improvment would be implementing list with all commands you need and for loop

    import paramiko,time

device_1 = '172.16.1.53'
devices = [device_1]
username = 'cisco'
password = 'cisco'

ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())


for device in devices:
    ssh.connect(device, username=username, password=password,allow_agent=False,look_for_keys=False)
    file_template = 'output.{}.txt'.format(device)
    with open(file_template, 'wb') as file_handler:
        channel = ssh.invoke_shell()
        channel.send('term length 0\n')
        time.sleep(2)
        out = channel.recv(9999)
        channel.send('show running-config\n')
        time.sleep(15)
        out = channel.recv(9999)
        file_handler.write(out)
        file_handler.close()
    ssh.close()
  • Malware_Mike_37's avatar
    Malware_Mike_37
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    Nov 21, 2018

    I was curious how I could run commands without the F5-sdk, thanks for the share, Ill be using paramiko at some point in the future!