Secure CRT Cisco Shortcuts

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About

This is a set of libraries for automating Cisco devices (and to a lesser extent, bash prompts) over ssh/telnet in SecureCRT.

SecureCRT's built-in python functions are very basic, making it difficult to automate complex tasks. This library makes it easier to write scripts for Cisco devices by adding a little abstraction.

Main goals of this project:

• Abstract automating SecureCRT so writing scripts requires less work
• Make it easier to do OS agnostic scripting (IOS XE, XR, NXOS, ASA, etc.)
• Include functions for parsing CLI output

Currently, I have only tested my code on XE, and it will be buggy until I am able to thoroughly test other Cisco OS's. Nonetheless, I have already written some useful code for other Cisco OS's.

This entire project is under the GPLv3 license until I change my mind or someone starts paying me to develop it.

Help

As of writing this README, SecureCRT only works with Python 3.8, so make sure you DON'T install a later version unless they update SecureCRT for newer versions of python.

Example Script

s_template.py is an example script you can run from SecureCRT. Use it as a template to build your own scripts with this library.

Useful Links

Useful links with SecureCRT python scripting examples:

• https://www.vandyke.com/support/securecrt/python_examples.html
• https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=12857
• https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=14434
• https://forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=14295

Credits

This project was made possible by referencing solutions from two other projects on Github:

• jamiecaesar/securecrt-tools
• btr1975/secure-crt-python-public

Both are Python 2, rather than Python 3, and thus did not meet my needs. Nonetheless, I am indebted to both. Thank you!