30 | Smart Scripting
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Running a Python API Script
When you run a Python script that invokes the API functions in Table 3-4, logon
credentials are read from the smartutils.cfg file, and a telnet session is opened on the
switch in which function calls are executed in the FTOS CLI. The script closes the
telnet session after running all the CLI commands.
The smartutils.cfg file is the configuration file used by the Programmatic
Management package. It contains the user name and passwords required to log on to
a switch via telnet and access the CLI to execute the function calls in a Python API
script. The smartutils.cfg file is downloaded with the Programmatic Management
package and is stored at /usr/pkg/scripts/smartutils.
To configure the username and passwords in the smartutils.cfg file that are used to
run Python API scripts, do one of the following:
• From the Web user interface, select
Settings > SmartUtils Credentials (see Menu
Options).
• From a UNIX shell, use the UNIX text editor to open the smartutils.cfg file, enter
a user name and password, and save the file.
To run a Python API script:
• From the FTOS CLI, use the
script command as described in Running a Script
from the FTOS CLI.
• From a UNIX shell, follow the procedure described in Running a Script from the
UNIX Shell.
F10ShowVlanIntStatus (vlanId) Returns the detailed status of a specified VLAN interface.
F10ShowVrrp None Returns the full VRRP status output.
F10ShowVrrpBrief None Returns a brief VRRP session summary.
F10Traceroute (ipAddress, timeout) Performs a traceroute operation to an IP address from the switch.
F10WriteMem None Write the running configuration to the startup configuration file.
Table 3-4. Supported FTOS API Functions in Python Scripts (continued)
Note: The user name and passwords contained in the smartutils.cfg file are used to
log in and run only the scripts created using the PERL, Python, and UNIX APIs
described in this chapter
. A username used to run scripts cannot contain special
characters.
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