Abstract language to describe network deployments?












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Is there any more or less standard/spec that is, vendor neutral, for network configuration language? Say, a VPC with networks and virtual machines would become an XML or JSON file.



Something like,



<deployment>

<vpc name="Test">

<appliances>

  <vm id="1" />

</appliances>

</vpc>

</deployment>





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  • No, not really. The problem is that not every vendor supports everything, and they all do it differently. This has been a goal for a long time, but it has proved to be very difficult. In any case, VPCs and VMs are off-topic here.

    – Ron Maupin♦
    11 hours ago











  • Do you want to document the network or use this as a data source to automate network configuration?

    – JFL
    9 hours ago











  • @JFL ideally, both

    – J. Doe
    9 hours ago
















5















Is there any more or less standard/spec that is, vendor neutral, for network configuration language? Say, a VPC with networks and virtual machines would become an XML or JSON file.



Something like,



<deployment>

<vpc name="Test">

<appliances>

  <vm id="1" />

</appliances>

</vpc>

</deployment>





network architecture







share|improve this question























  • No, not really. The problem is that not every vendor supports everything, and they all do it differently. This has been a goal for a long time, but it has proved to be very difficult. In any case, VPCs and VMs are off-topic here.

    – Ron Maupin♦
    11 hours ago











  • Do you want to document the network or use this as a data source to automate network configuration?

    – JFL
    9 hours ago











  • @JFL ideally, both

    – J. Doe
    9 hours ago














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5








Is there any more or less standard/spec that is, vendor neutral, for network configuration language? Say, a VPC with networks and virtual machines would become an XML or JSON file.



Something like,



<deployment>

<vpc name="Test">

<appliances>

  <vm id="1" />

</appliances>

</vpc>

</deployment>





network architecture







share|improve this question














Is there any more or less standard/spec that is, vendor neutral, for network configuration language? Say, a VPC with networks and virtual machines would become an XML or JSON file.



Something like,



<deployment>

<vpc name="Test">

<appliances>

  <vm id="1" />

</appliances>

</vpc>

</deployment>





network architecture




network architecture






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  • No, not really. The problem is that not every vendor supports everything, and they all do it differently. This has been a goal for a long time, but it has proved to be very difficult. In any case, VPCs and VMs are off-topic here.

    – Ron Maupin♦
    11 hours ago











  • Do you want to document the network or use this as a data source to automate network configuration?

    – JFL
    9 hours ago











  • @JFL ideally, both

    – J. Doe
    9 hours ago



















  • No, not really. The problem is that not every vendor supports everything, and they all do it differently. This has been a goal for a long time, but it has proved to be very difficult. In any case, VPCs and VMs are off-topic here.

    – Ron Maupin♦
    11 hours ago











  • Do you want to document the network or use this as a data source to automate network configuration?

    – JFL
    9 hours ago











  • @JFL ideally, both

    – J. Doe
    9 hours ago

















No, not really. The problem is that not every vendor supports everything, and they all do it differently. This has been a goal for a long time, but it has proved to be very difficult. In any case, VPCs and VMs are off-topic here.

– Ron Maupin♦
11 hours ago





No, not really. The problem is that not every vendor supports everything, and they all do it differently. This has been a goal for a long time, but it has proved to be very difficult. In any case, VPCs and VMs are off-topic here.

– Ron Maupin♦
11 hours ago













Do you want to document the network or use this as a data source to automate network configuration?

– JFL
9 hours ago





Do you want to document the network or use this as a data source to automate network configuration?

– JFL
9 hours ago













@JFL ideally, both

– J. Doe
9 hours ago





@JFL ideally, both

– J. Doe
9 hours ago










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YANG is the answer here. To quote from RFC8345, which defines YANG:




This document defines an abstract (generic, or base) YANG data
model for network/service topologies and inventories. The data
model serves as a base model that is augmented with
technology-specific details in other, more specific topology and
inventory data models.




Protocols like NETCONF can use YANG for representations of network configurations.






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    Ansible can be used to build (part of) a network as code.
    It uses YAML syntax and can read JSON.



    There's existing ansible roles for major vendor's equipment's, and you can build your own roles.



    But existing roles are not always up to date and writing, and maintaining, your own can be time consuming.






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      For AWS VPCs specifically, you can use CloudFormation to generate a "configuration" file, which can be used to recreate the VPC and all the related components. I believe it's in JSON format.



      For networks in general, there is no such thing. Figure out how to do it, and you can retire comfortably.






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        Hashicorp's Terraform has a vendor-neutral (but not -agnostic) configuration language. AWS VPCs look like:



        resource "aws_vpc" "Test" {
        
  cidr_block       = "10.0.0.0/16"
        
  instance_tenancy = "dedicated"
        

        
  tags = {
        
    Name = "Test"
        
  }
        
}





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          YANG is the answer here. To quote from RFC8345, which defines YANG:




          This document defines an abstract (generic, or base) YANG data
          model for network/service topologies and inventories. The data
          model serves as a base model that is augmented with
          technology-specific details in other, more specific topology and
          inventory data models.




          Protocols like NETCONF can use YANG for representations of network configurations.






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            YANG is the answer here. To quote from RFC8345, which defines YANG:




            This document defines an abstract (generic, or base) YANG data
            model for network/service topologies and inventories. The data
            model serves as a base model that is augmented with
            technology-specific details in other, more specific topology and
            inventory data models.




            Protocols like NETCONF can use YANG for representations of network configurations.






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              YANG is the answer here. To quote from RFC8345, which defines YANG:




              This document defines an abstract (generic, or base) YANG data
              model for network/service topologies and inventories. The data
              model serves as a base model that is augmented with
              technology-specific details in other, more specific topology and
              inventory data models.




              Protocols like NETCONF can use YANG for representations of network configurations.






              share|improve this answer













              YANG is the answer here. To quote from RFC8345, which defines YANG:




              This document defines an abstract (generic, or base) YANG data
              model for network/service topologies and inventories. The data
              model serves as a base model that is augmented with
              technology-specific details in other, more specific topology and
              inventory data models.




              Protocols like NETCONF can use YANG for representations of network configurations.







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                  Ansible can be used to build (part of) a network as code.
                  It uses YAML syntax and can read JSON.



                  There's existing ansible roles for major vendor's equipment's, and you can build your own roles.



                  But existing roles are not always up to date and writing, and maintaining, your own can be time consuming.






                  share|improve this answer




























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                    Ansible can be used to build (part of) a network as code.
                    It uses YAML syntax and can read JSON.



                    There's existing ansible roles for major vendor's equipment's, and you can build your own roles.



                    But existing roles are not always up to date and writing, and maintaining, your own can be time consuming.






                    share|improve this answer


























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                      Ansible can be used to build (part of) a network as code.
                      It uses YAML syntax and can read JSON.



                      There's existing ansible roles for major vendor's equipment's, and you can build your own roles.



                      But existing roles are not always up to date and writing, and maintaining, your own can be time consuming.






                      share|improve this answer













                      Ansible can be used to build (part of) a network as code.
                      It uses YAML syntax and can read JSON.



                      There's existing ansible roles for major vendor's equipment's, and you can build your own roles.



                      But existing roles are not always up to date and writing, and maintaining, your own can be time consuming.







                      share|improve this answer












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                          For AWS VPCs specifically, you can use CloudFormation to generate a "configuration" file, which can be used to recreate the VPC and all the related components. I believe it's in JSON format.



                          For networks in general, there is no such thing. Figure out how to do it, and you can retire comfortably.






                          share|improve this answer




























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                            For AWS VPCs specifically, you can use CloudFormation to generate a "configuration" file, which can be used to recreate the VPC and all the related components. I believe it's in JSON format.



                            For networks in general, there is no such thing. Figure out how to do it, and you can retire comfortably.






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                              For AWS VPCs specifically, you can use CloudFormation to generate a "configuration" file, which can be used to recreate the VPC and all the related components. I believe it's in JSON format.



                              For networks in general, there is no such thing. Figure out how to do it, and you can retire comfortably.






                              share|improve this answer













                              For AWS VPCs specifically, you can use CloudFormation to generate a "configuration" file, which can be used to recreate the VPC and all the related components. I believe it's in JSON format.



                              For networks in general, there is no such thing. Figure out how to do it, and you can retire comfortably.







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                                  Hashicorp's Terraform has a vendor-neutral (but not -agnostic) configuration language. AWS VPCs look like:



                                  resource "aws_vpc" "Test" {
                                  
  cidr_block       = "10.0.0.0/16"
                                  
  instance_tenancy = "dedicated"
                                  

                                  
  tags = {
                                  
    Name = "Test"
                                  
  }
                                  
}





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                                    Hashicorp's Terraform has a vendor-neutral (but not -agnostic) configuration language. AWS VPCs look like:



                                    resource "aws_vpc" "Test" {
                                    
  cidr_block       = "10.0.0.0/16"
                                    
  instance_tenancy = "dedicated"
                                    

                                    
  tags = {
                                    
    Name = "Test"
                                    
  }
                                    
}





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                                      Hashicorp's Terraform has a vendor-neutral (but not -agnostic) configuration language. AWS VPCs look like:



                                      resource "aws_vpc" "Test" {
                                      
  cidr_block       = "10.0.0.0/16"
                                      
  instance_tenancy = "dedicated"
                                      

                                      
  tags = {
                                      
    Name = "Test"
                                      
  }
                                      
}





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                                      Hashicorp's Terraform has a vendor-neutral (but not -agnostic) configuration language. AWS VPCs look like:



                                      resource "aws_vpc" "Test" {
                                      
  cidr_block       = "10.0.0.0/16"
                                      
  instance_tenancy = "dedicated"
                                      

                                      
  tags = {
                                      
    Name = "Test"
                                      
  }
                                      
}






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