NETCONF all the theory you need to know

You are reading this because “maybe” you are a professional with the typical Network Engineer role operating, implementing, troubleshooting, configuring your current devices using memorized CLI commands (IOS XE or junOS mostly), using notepad everyday, secureCRT, copy pasting long CLI scripts, and manage your inter-infrastructure communication using old MIBs and SNMP, right?. Well, NETCONF is considered as a SNMP replacement…

NETCONF vs RESTCONF

NETCONF is a protocol  defined by the IETF to address some of the challenges with CLI scripting by providing a standards-based method to “install, manipulate, and delete the configuration of network devices”. NETCONF uses SSH for secure transport. NETCONF uses XML as data format to exchange data. RESTCONF also addresses challenges with CLI scripting like NETCONF by providing a standards-based method to…