It is possible to use yangcli-pro to connect to multiple NETCONF or RESTCONF servers at once.
The "named sessions" feature can be used for this purpose
- Create named sessions
- Connect to each named session
- Switch between named sessions
Create Named Sessions
The easiest way to create named sessions is to connect to the server and create a session manually somehow.
Then the "session-cfg save" command is used to save the session as a named session configuration.
In this example the session is saved as "s1" and "s2".
> connect user=andy password=mypassword server=192.168.0.10 ... [email protected]> session-cfg save=s1 Saving current session as 's1' [email protected]> session-cfg save=s2 Saving current session as 's2' [email protected]> close-session >
Connect to Each Named Session
After disconnecting from the initial unnamed session, you can connect to multiple named sessions.
You can connect to a new named session from an existing named session.
The old session is not lost. You can switch between the sessions on the command line
> connect session-name=s1 ... s1> create-subscription s1> connect session-name=s2 ... Incoming notification for session 2 [s1]: notification { eventTime 2021-01-13T18:56:18Z netconf-session-start { username andy session-id 5 source-host 192.168.0.10 } } s2> create-subscription s2>
Switch Between Named Sessions
The session that gets input such as an RPC reply or a notification will be identified in the yangcli-pro logging messages.
Since there is only one command line, there can only be one session that is active for commands at a time.
The "session set-current" command is used to switch between named sessions.
The current session will be identified in the command prompt.
s2> session set-current=s1 Session 's1' is now active s1> session set-current=s2 Session 's2' is now active s2>