xlogin

rancid clogin alternative.
xlogin is a tool to login devices and execute series of tasks.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'xlogin'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install xlogin

Usage

Write a template file that describe how to login to the specific type of device, and store it to ~/.xlogin.d/.
Take vyos as an example, template file would be:

prompt(/[$#] (?:\e\[K)?\z/n)

 do |username, password|
  waitfor(/login:\s/)    && puts(username)
  waitfor(/Password:\s/) && puts(password)
  waitfor
end

Some other example are in lib/xlogin/templates.

Beside template files, you need to prepare an inventory file ~/.xloginrc. In this file, you need to write all information required to login each device.

#hosttype   hostname    uri scheme
vyos    'vyos01',   'telnet://vagrant:[email protected]:2200'
vyos    'vyos02',   'telnet://vagrant:[email protected]:2201'

Now you can login any device in your .xloginrc file with a command:

$ xlogin vyos01

And execute multiple operations with just a single command:

$ xlogin 'vyos*' -e 'show configuration command | no-more; exit' -j 2

Some other commandline options are:

$ xlogin -h
xlogin HOST_PATTERN [Options]
    -i, --inventory PATH             The PATH to the inventory file(default: $HOME/.xloginrc).
        --template PATH              The PATH to the template file.
    -T, --template-dir DIRECTORY     The DIRECTORY of the template files.
    -L, --log-dir [DIRECTORY]        The DIRECTORY of the log files(default: $PWD).
    -l, --list                       List all available devices.
    -e, --exec                       Execute commands and quit.
    -t, --tty                        Allocate a pseudo-tty.
    -j, --jobs NUM                   The NUM of jobs to execute in parallel(default: 1).
    -E, --enable                     Try to gain enable priviledge.
    -y, --assume-yes                 Automatically answer yes to any confirmation prompts.

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/xlogin. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.