creating interface connections via api/pynetbox

[Erdem Kasnak]

Dear Experts,

Hope new year brings everyone health and success. 

I am new to Netbox. 

I want to create interface connections by help of pynetbox.

In the UI, interface connection is created via interface. In the api doc, as far as i understand, interface connection is not in the model of interface. And in the api docs, only get method is defined for interface connection.

I tried a couple of things, but couldn't figure out how t  do it. May someone help ?

For example i tried this, apparently as post method is not supported, it didnot get through :

int_a = nb.dcim.interfaces.get(name='GigabitEthernet0/3', device=16)

int_b = nb.dcim.interfaces.get(name='GigabitEthernet0/1', device=17)

nb.dcim.interface_connections.create( interface_a=int_a, interface_b=int_b)

Thanks and regards.

erdem

[Brian Candler]

Assuming you're talking about a recent version of netbox (2.6+): "interface_connections" has gone, and what you now need is nb.dcim.cables.

Note that a cable doesn't have to link directly to another interface - it can go to a frontport on a patch panel, and the corresponding rearport goes across to another patch panel and so on.

There is also a readable "connected_endpoint" on the interface.  This is just a cache, saying what remote interface is at the other end of the chain of cables / frontports / rearports.

HTH,

Brian.

[ranjeet]

Hi Erdem/Brian ,

In my recent projects i did bulk import via pynetbox , below is an example of cable connection between 2 interfaces , This might help you with creating new interface connections .

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def cables_create(self):
    for nodea,porta,nodeb,portb,hairpin,row in zip(self.list_sheet4_node_a,self.list_sheet4_port_a,
                                                self.list_sheet4_node_b,self.list_sheet4_port_b,
                                                self.list_sheet4_hairpin,range(len(self.list_sheet4_node_a))):
        a_id=0
        b_id=0
        #print("{}:{}:{}:{}".format(nodea,porta,nodeb,portb))
        if nodea!="" and nodeb!="" and porta!="" and portb!="":
            try:
                a_id=(self.nb.dcim.interfaces.get(name=porta, device=self.nb.dcim.devices.get(name=nodea))).id
                b_id=(self.nb.dcim.interfaces.get(name=portb, device=self.nb.dcim.devices.get(name=nodeb))).id
            except AttributeError:
                print("ROW : {} Device {}  Interface {}  or  Device {}  Interface {} not found".format(row,nodea,porta,nodeb,portb))
            if a_id !=0 and b_id !=0:
                data_input = {
                    "termination_a_type": "dcim.interface",
                    "termination_a_id": a_id,
                    "termination_b_type": "dcim.interface",
                    "termination_b_id": b_id,
                    "status": 'true'
                    }

                try:
                    result = self.nb.dcim.cables.create(data_input)
                    print("ROW : {} cable Connection Made successfully   {} : {} <-> {} : {}".format(row,nodea,porta,nodeb,portb))
                except (self.request_error,AttributeError):
                    print("ROW : {} Cable Already Connected {}:{}:{}:{}".format(row,nodea,porta,nodeb,portb) )
        else:
            print("ROW : {} Invalid - Details not Enough for Cable Connection {}:{}:{}:{}".format(row,nodea,porta,nodeb,portb))

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Regards :-

Ranjeet

        

                  
  

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[Erdem Kasnak]

Brian / Ranjeet,

Many thanks for quick responses. 

Brian, you are right. 2.6.8

Regards

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