- In order to use this repo you will need to create two separate files.
The first file is a .env file that will store credentials for this program.
- You will need to add the credentials used to connect to a Cisco SSH server.
- You will also want to to add the credentials used to connect and push configuration files to an online git repository.
- The second file that is required is a targets.csv file, as it currently stands you will need to delineate your SSH targets.
- The targets.csv file must contain a list of ip addresses delimited by a comma without a space.
- The contents of the file would look like this for example:
192.168.1.1,192.168.1.2,192.168.1.3,192.168.1.4
- You will likely want to start off with a unique Cisco Username and Password for this project. Preferably a credential that has read access only to prevent damage if the system that this script is running on is compromised in some form or fashion. You can set this by creating a priviledge level that only has access to certain commands and you can tailor your service account permissions
- You can either use a AAA server like TACACS to help disseminate the credentials.
- You can also create a local account on the Cisco appliance which also works if you don't want to go through the hassle of setting up a AAA server.
CISCOUSERNAME = "{your admin account}"
CISCOPASSWORD = "{your admin account password}"
GITHUBREPOOWNER = "{The username that is listed in the GitHub URL}"
GITHUBREPONAME = "{the repo you want to push to}"
BRANCH = "{the branch you want to push to}"
GITHUBUSERNAME = "{the GitHub account that will be pushing code}"
GITHUBACCESSTOKEN = "{You will need to generate a GitHub access token to insert here}"
- Once you have successfully designated target IPs, and if the script can connect to an SSH server then it will create configuration files in a configs_dir directory.
- From here we will run Git so that it can compare changes in the files and it will push it to the remote repo.