Is there way to use a common credentials section in the devices.yaml file?

[gglissendorf]

Is there a way to set the devices.yaml to a shared username and password for all devices like the pervious version did with the .toml file

[jdhall75]

Hi @gglissendorf

Searching through the code I haven't found a way to set a default for the username and password. Its only on a per device basis in the current version.

You could try using a python file for the devices configuration. Here is an example and the docs

# /etc/hyperglass/devices.py

def main():
    default_username = "my_user"
    default_password = "my_secret_password"
    config = {
            "devices": [
                {
                    "address": "127.0.0.1",
                    "name": "home1",
                    "attrs": {"source4": "192.168.1.1",  "source6":"2001:dead:beef::1"},
                    "credentials": {"username": default_username, "password": default_password},
                    "platform": "juniper"
                },
                {
                    "address": "127.0.0.2",
                    "name": "home2",
                    "attrs": {"source4": "192.168.1.2",  "source6":"2001:dead:beef::2"},
                    "credentials": {"username": default_username, "password": default_password},
                    "platform": "juniper"
                }
            ]
    }

    return config

#  
# or
# Not sure if this one would work looking at the code. It executes the `main` export from the devices.py file, but it should get a reference back to the defaults.
#
default_username = "my_user"
default_password = "my_secret_password"
main = {
        "devices": [
            {
                "address": "127.0.0.1",
                "attrs": {"source4": "192.168.1.1",  "source6":"2001:dead:beef::1"},
                "credentials": {"username": default_username, "password": default_password},
                "platform": "juniper"
            },
            {
                "address": "127.0.0.2",
                "attrs": {"source4": "192.168.1.2",  "source6":"2001:dead:beef::2"},
                "credentials": {"username": default_username, "password": default_password},
                "platform": "juniper"
            }
        ]
}