Export text file from XMC

[Lunee]

Hi,

I am new to XMC workflow.

I have created a workflow that list all the Non Eap ports with port name/descriptions. I need to export output in the form of text file for each switch. I can do it manually through workflow input. But I need to automate this process so that I can schedule workflow.

[Lunee]

This is my script for workflow. From here I can save my file to /tmp/Switchname.txt from the custom input.

I want this custom input to be dynamic so that the filename is changed acording to the switch name.

[Lunee]

from xmclib import logger
from xmclib import emc_vars
import json
import re

def wf_info(log):
    print 'INFO:' +log
    logger.info(log)

def execConfigCmd(cmd,Wait=True):
    wf_info("running cmd " + str(cmd))
    cli_results = emc_cli.send(cmd,Wait)
    if cli_results.isSuccess() is False:
        wf_error("ERROR EXECUTING COMMANDS")
    output = cli_results.getOutput()
    return output

execConfigCmd("enable")
execConfigCmd("terminal length 0")
text = execConfigCmd("show eapol multihost interface")
print(text)

import re
p = "(?<=Non-EAP RADIUS Authentication)(.*)(?=\n)"
matches = re.findall(p, text, re.MULTILINE)
print(matches)
port_pattern = "(?<=Port)(.*)(?=\n)"

portmatches = re.findall(port_pattern, text, re.MULTILINE)
#print(portmatches)
matches1 = [str(x.replace(":","").strip()) for x in portmatches]

count = 1
non_eap_port = []
for m in matches:
    status = m.strip().replace(":","").strip().lower()
    print("status", status)
    if str(status) != "disabled":
        emc_results.put("Finish", "True")
        non_eap_port.append(matches1[count])

    count +=1

print(non_eap_port) 

#varMatchedPorts = non_eap_port
#varMatchedPorts =[str(x) for x in eval(varMatchedPorts)]
port = ",".join(non_eap_port)
print("port", port)
out = execConfigCmd("show interface name %s"%port)
print ("out", out)

try:
    f = open(emc_vars["Attachments"], "w")
    f.write(execConfigCmd("show interface name %s"%port))
    f.close()
except:
    wf_error("Can't write to file %s" % emc_vars["Attachments"])
    status = emc_results.Status;
    emc_results.setStatus( status.ERROR )

[StephanH]

Ahh,

ok I asume you contact your switches via a python script. You can start your script against the first switch and than you can change the device focus to other switches with:

cli_result = emc_cli.setIpAddress(switchIp)

and close the session to the switch with

emc_cli.close()

In that way you can move thru your switches within a single workflow and you can write a file for every switch.

Does that help?

[Lunee]

Thank you for the answer.

I am able to save the text file for one switch with the custom input. I need to do it for several switches and need to have a textfile for each switch.

[StephanH]

Hello Lunee,

you have two options, among others:

• For example, you can use the "Activity" mail in the workflow and send the information to you by mail.
• Or you can save the text file in the file system of the Linux OS. If you include a network share in the Linux/XMC, then you can also store the text file there.

You can realize the whole thing easily with Python as a workflow.