NETCONF tutorial

Example for the Basic NETCONF Session Process

Scenario: Use a NETCONF client to change the IP address of a device in two-phase validation mode. Prerequisites: The SSH connection, authentication, and authorization are complete.

Step 1: Establish a NETCONF session and advertise capabilities through <hello> messages.

Step 2: Lock the <running/> configuration data store to avoid conflicts with others to change the configuration while I am editing it.

Step 3: Copy the data in the <running/> configuration datastore to the <candidate/> configuration datastore to ensure that the configurations are the latest.

Step 4: Edit configurations in the <candidate/> configuration datastore.

Step 5: Commit configurations in the <candidate/> configuration datastore to the <running/> configuration datastore.

Step 6: Unlock the <running/> configuration datastore.

Follow-up procedure: Terminate the NETCONF session and tear down the SSH connection.

In the next page we will see some other examples…