Snapshot Input
This category of questions allows you to learn how well Batfish understands your network snapshot.
Snapshot Initialization Issues
Returns issues encountered when processing the snapshot.
Reports issues encountered by Batfish, including failure to recognize certain lines in the configuration, lack of support for certain features, and errors when converting to vendor-independent models.
Inputs
Invocation
[5]:
result = bf.q.initIssues().answer().frame()
Return Value
Name |
Description |
Type |
---|---|---|
Nodes |
The nodes that were converted (if applicable) |
List of str |
Source_Lines |
The files and lines that caused the issues (if applicable) |
List of FileLines |
Type |
The type of issues identified |
str |
Details |
Details about the issues identified |
str |
Line_Text |
The text of the input files that caused the issues (if applicable) |
str |
Parser_Context |
Batfish parser state when issues were encountered (if applicable) |
str |
Print the first 5 rows of the returned Dataframe
[6]:
result.head(5)
[6]:
Nodes | Source_Lines | Type | Details | Line_Text | Parser_Context | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | ['as1border1'] | None | Convert warning (redflag) | No virtual address set for VRRP on interface: 'GigabitEthernet0/0' | None | None |
Print the first row of the returned Dataframe
[7]:
result.iloc[0]
[7]:
Nodes ['as1border1']
Source_Lines None
Type Convert warning (redflag)
Details No virtual address set for VRRP on interface: 'GigabitEthernet0/0'
Line_Text None
Parser_Context None
Name: 0, dtype: object
Snapshot Input File Parse Status
Displays file parse status.
For each file in a snapshot, returns the host(s) that were produced by the file and the parse status: pass, fail, partially parsed.
Inputs
Invocation
[10]:
result = bf.q.fileParseStatus().answer().frame()
Return Value
Name |
Description |
Type |
---|---|---|
File_Name |
The file that was parsed |
str |
Status |
The status of the parsing operation |
str |
File_Format |
The detected format of the file |
str |
Nodes |
Names of nodes produced from this file |
List of str |
Print the first 5 rows of the returned Dataframe
[11]:
result.head(5)
[11]:
File_Name | Status | File_Format | Nodes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 | configs/as1border1.cfg | PASSED | CISCO_IOS | ['as1border1'] |
1 | configs/as1border2.cfg | PASSED | CISCO_IOS | ['as1border2'] |
2 | configs/as1core1.cfg | PASSED | CISCO_IOS | ['as1core1'] |
3 | configs/as2border1.cfg | PASSED | CISCO_IOS | ['as2border1'] |
4 | configs/as2border2.cfg | PASSED | CISCO_IOS | ['as2border2'] |
Print the first row of the returned Dataframe
[12]:
result.iloc[0]
[12]:
File_Name configs/as1border1.cfg
Status PASSED
File_Format CISCO_IOS
Nodes ['as1border1']
Name: 0, dtype: object
Snapshot Input File Parse Warnings
Returns warnings that occurred when parsing the snapshot.
Return warnings such as failure to recognize certain lines and lack of support for certain features.
Inputs
Name |
Description |
Type |
Optional |
Default Value |
---|---|---|---|---|
aggregateDuplicates |
Whether to aggregate duplicate results. |
bool |
True |
Invocation
[15]:
result = bf.q.parseWarning().answer().frame()
Return Value
Name |
Description |
Type |
---|---|---|
Filename |
The file that was parsed |
str |
Line |
The line number in the input file that caused the warning |
int |
Text |
The text of the input that caused the warning |
str |
Parser_Context |
The context of the Batfish parser when the warning occurred |
str |
Comment |
An optional comment explaining more information about the warning |
str |
Print the first 5 rows of the returned Dataframe
[16]:
result.head(5)
[16]:
Filename | Line | Text | Parser_Context | Comment |
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