YANG and NETCONF validation

Validation of YANG model and NETCONF features on Network Equipements

The current testsuite includes 55 automated tests which validation of NETCONF and YANG. It takes around 1 minute to complete them all.

Online documentation

• YANG and NETCONF Testsuite documentation
• NETCONF keywords documentation
• NcclientLibraryHuaweiYANG documentation

Current Testsuite

That set of NETCONF's "capabilties" and YANG data models is based on 4th plugtest (see 4th mWT Plugtests report). Standard YANG modules include:

• ietf-system
• ietf-hardware
• ietf-interfaces
• ietf-microwave-radio-link
• ieee802-dot1q-bridge
• ieee802-dot1ab-lldp

Requirements installation

The testsuite is compliant with RobotFramework from version 5.0 to 6.1.1.

RobotFramework framework requires Python:

• Python 3.6 or newer if you are using RobotFramework 5.0 to 6.0.
• Python 3.7 or newer if you are using RobotFramework 6.1.

Python 3 installation

Depends on you OS:

• Windows: Download on official website,
• GNU/Linux: Python is probably installed.

Robot Framework and dependencies installation

Install all required dependencies using the following command line.

pip install -r requirements.txt

Edit testbench_variables.yaml

Open the testbench_variables.yaml file with any text editor and change the IP addresses, login and password of both equipements.

If you are on Windows, the Windows Notepad is your straightforward option. You may be interested on Notepad++, if you want syntax color.

%YAML 1.1
---
NETWORK_ELEMENTS:
  ne1:
    netconf:
      host: 172.20.183.168
      username: netconfuser
      password: NotSoSecret123*
  ne2:
    netconf:
      host: 172.20.183.169
      username: netconfuser
      password: NotSoSecret123*
...

Robot execution

Change the working directory to robot/ and run the robot.

cd robot/
robot yang_validation/

Collect the 3 produced files: report.html, log.html and output.xml. Share them in the validation report.