Getting Started

Kickoff your Genie experience!

Explore Genie

• 1. Parse devices’ outputs into structured output
• 2. Learn devices’ features into structured output
• 3. Configure devices feature with python object
• 4. Device API functions
  • Example
• 5. RobotFramework Library
• 6. Run Testcases
• 7. Write parsers
• 8. Possible ways to use Genie
• 9. Workshops

Genie - General

Get started with Genie!

• 1. How to install Genie
  • Internal employee:
  • DevNet
• 2. How to keep Genie up to date - How to upgrade Genie?
• 3. Summary of Genie Libraries and how to keep those up to date.
• 4. Genie Libraries and Recording
• 5. Set up your testbed file and connect to a device
  • Create a Testbed from an Excel sheet
  • Create a Testbed from a Dictionary
• 6. Extra connections!
• 7. Control devices’ connections!
• 8. Parse device output
• 9. Learn device feature

Genie Command Line

Linux command line to interact with Genie!

• 1. Summary
• 2. Parse device output
• 3. Learn device feature
• 4. Snapshots and then compare before and after
• 5. Collect device output - without parsing it

Genie.libs.parsers

Parser device output into structured datafile!

• 1. Summary
• 2. Available parsers
• 3. How to execute a parser - Python
• 3. How to execute a parser - Linux
• 4. Get exclude keys for a parser - Python
• 5. Compare two parsers - Python
• 6. Executing parsers with fuzzy search - Python
• 7. External Parsers/APIs
  • What is an external parser/api?
  • Step-By-Step Guide For Local Genie Library Implementation:
  • Using Local/Private/Overwrite Genie Libraries:

Genie.Ops

Python object providing the operation state of your topology!

• 1. Summary
• 2. Retrieve a snapshot of the Operation state of your device
• 3. Get partial state of a feature - command based
• 4. Get partial state of a feature - Attribute based
• 5. Use Ops object to verify state is as expected.
• 6. Compare two feature snapshots - Diff two ops object.
• 7. Save snapshot to file, and re-use them at a later time
• 8. Connection pool with Ops - Learn Faster!
• 9. One script across all platform! - abstract package
• 10. One script across all Interface management (Cli/Yang/Xml/…)
• 11. Navigate Ops object with your needs - The Find object
• 12. Where are the object models located?
• 13. How to contribute
• 14. Get exclude keys for an ops object

Genie.Conf

Python object configuring your topology!

• 1. Summary
• 2. Configure a device without using any command - Conf object
• 3. Configure single/partial attributes on a device with Conf object
• 4. Configure multiple device with Conf object
• 5. Configure a device with different context. (Cli, Yang, …)
• 6. Quickly find what you are looking for with the find object
• 7. Where are the object models located ?
• 8. How to contribute

Genie.Harness

Automation driven by Yaml files!

• 1. Summary
• 2. What’s the flow of Genie Harness
  • Common Setup
  • Triggers and Verifications
  • Common Cleanup
• 3. Getting started with the Harness
• 4. Summary of each datafile
  • Testbed Datafile (Mandatory)
  • Mapping Datafile (Optional)
  • Verification Datafile (Optional)
  • Trigger Datafile (Optional)
  • Subsection Datafile (Optional)
  • Configuration Datafile (Optional)
  • PTS Datafile (Optional)
• 5. How to connect to your devices with the Harness?
• 6. Connection pool with the harness
• 7. How to apply the configuration to your devices?
• 8. What does the configuration_snapshot and verify_configuration_snapshot sections do ?
• 9. What is the purpose of Profiling in Common Setup and Common Cleanup ?
• 10. How to add Traffic Generator to Genie Harness and how do they help to test?
• 11. Where can I see all the arguments which Genie harness supports?
• 12. What is a datafile schema
• 13. How does the extends field work for Datafiles?
• 14. Select which verifications to execute
• 15. Modify existing Verification arguments
• 16. Write a new verification
• 17. Select which trigger to execute
• 18. Modify existing triggers arguments
• 19. Write a new trigger
• 20. Apply configuration to your devices
• 21. Profile the system
• 22. Golden PTS
• 23. What can you do with the mapping datafile
• 24. Add/Remove subsections
• 25. Processors
• 26. How to re-use existing Triggers/Verifications within an existing pyATS Script.
• 27. What kind of examples is there for Genie Harness?
• 28. Update verification snapshots
• 29. Randomize Triggers
• 30. Trigger containing multiple Triggers and Verifications
• 31. Loop a Trigger
• 32. Run command or API on failure