Establishing a NETCONF session

Example

The following example shows a client on a Linux PC initiating a connection to an SR OS NETCONF server. In accordance with RFC 6242, the SSH session must be invoked using an SSH subsystem.

ssh -s my_username@a.b.c.d -p 830 netconf

Example

The following example shows an exchange of hello messages that include advertisement of capabilities.

The following is a message from the SR OS server.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<hello xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
    <capabilities>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.0</capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.1</capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:writable-running:1.0</
capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:validate:1.0</capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:validate:1.1</capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:startup:1.0</capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:url:1.0?scheme=ftp,tftp,file<
/capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:with-defaults:1.0?basic-
mode=trim</capability>
        <capability>urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0?module=ietf-
netconf&amp;revision=2015-02-27&amp;features=writable-
running,validate,startup,url&amp;deviations=alu-netconf-deviations-r13</capability>
        <capability>urn:alcatel-lucent.com:sros:ns:yang:netconf-deviations-
r13?module=alu-netconf-deviations-r13&amp;revision=2015-02-27</capability>
        <capability>urn:alcatel-lucent.com:sros:ns:yang:cli-content-layer-
r13?module=alu-cli-content-layer-r13&amp;revision=2015-02-27</capability>
        <capability>urn:alcatel-lucent.com:sros:ns:yang:conf-r13?module=conf-
r13&amp;revision=2015-02-27</capability>
        <capability>urn:alcatel-lucent.com:sros:ns:yang:conf-aaa-r13?module=conf-
aaa-r13&amp;revision=2015-02-27</capability>
...
...
...
...
        <capability>urn:alcatel-lucent.com:sros:ns:yang:conf-vsm-r13?module=conf-
vsm-r13&amp;revision=2015-02-27</capability>
    </capabilities>
    <session-id>54</session-id>
</hello>
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Example

The following is a reply from a NETCONF client.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
     <hello>
          <capabilities>
              <capability>urn:ietf:params:netconf:base:1.0</capability>
          </capabilities>
     </hello>
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