puresnmp_call

puresnmp is a library to interact with devices using SNMP, this plugin is a wrapper around puresnmp pythonic client object.

puresnmp_call sample usage

Sample code to run puresnmp_call task:

from nornir import InitNornir
from nornir_salt.plugins.tasks import puresnmp_call

nr = InitNornir(config_file="config.yaml")

output = nr.run(
    task=puresnmp_call,
    call="get",
    oid="1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0"
)

puresnmp_call returns

Returns puresnmp SNMP client call result.

puresnmp_call reference

nornir_salt.plugins.tasks.puresnmp_call.puresnmp_call(task: nornir.core.task.Task, call: str, *args, **kwargs) → nornir.core.task.Result

Task to handle a call of puresnmp client object methods. This task attempts to normalize results produced by puresnmp library to a dictionary keyed by oid names with their values.

Parameters

call – (str) puresnmp client object method to call
args – (list) any *args to use with call method
kwargs – (dict) any **kwargs to use with call method

additional methods reference

puresnmp_call - dir

nornir_salt.plugins.tasks.puresnmp_call._call_dir(client, *args, **kwargs): Function to return a list of available methods

puresnmp_call - help

nornir_salt.plugins.tasks.puresnmp_call._call_help(client, method_name, *args, **kwargs)

Helper function to return docstring for requested method

Parameters: method_name – (str) name of method or function to return docstring for