delete-config_user.py

"""
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Copyright (c) 2017  Krishna Kotha <krkotha@cisco.com>
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#
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# SUCH DAMAGE.
#
# This script retrieves entire configuration from a network element via NETCONF 
# prints it out in a "pretty" XML tree.)
#
#   Installing python dependencies:
#    > pip install lxml ncclient
#
#    Running script: (save as example.py)
#    > python example.py -a 172.26.198.63 -u cisco -p cisco --port 830
"""

import lxml.etree as ET
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from ncclient import manager
from ncclient.operations import RPCError

payload = """
<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <nacm xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-acm">
    <rule-list xc:operation="delete">
      <name>priv04-group</name>
    </rule-list>
  </nacm>
</config>
"""

if __name__ == '__main__':

    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Usage:')

    # script arguments
    parser.add_argument('-a', '--host', type=str, required=True,
                        help="Device IP address or Hostname")
    parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', type=str, required=True,
                        help="Device Username (netconf agent username)")
    parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', type=str, required=True,
                        help="Device Password (netconf agent password)")
    parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, default=830,
                        help="Netconf agent port")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # connect to netconf agent
    with manager.connect(host=args.host,
                         port=args.port,
                         username=args.username,
                         password=args.password,
                         timeout=90,
                         hostkey_verify=False,
                         device_params={'name': 'csr'}) as m:

        # execute netconf operation
        try:
            response = m.edit_config(target='running', config=payload).xml
            data = ET.fromstring(response)
        except RPCError as e:
            data = e._raw

        # beautify output
        print(ET.tostring(data, pretty_print=True))