NETCONF Configuration Protocol
RFC 4741
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(December 2006; Errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 6241
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|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Rob Enns | ||
| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
| Stream | IETF | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized with errata bibtex | ||
| Stream | WG state | (None) | |
| Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 4741 (Proposed Standard) | |
| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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| Responsible AD | Dan Romascanu | ||
| Send notices to | ietf@andybierman.com, simon@switch.ch | ||
Network Working Group R. Enns, Ed.
Request for Comments: 4741 Juniper Networks
Category: Standards Track December 2006
NETCONF Configuration Protocol
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2006).
Abstract
The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) defined in this document
provides mechanisms to install, manipulate, and delete the
configuration of network devices. It uses an Extensible Markup
Language (XML)-based data encoding for the configuration data as well
as the protocol messages. The NETCONF protocol operations are
realized on top of a simple Remote Procedure Call (RPC) layer.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................5
1.1. Protocol Overview ..........................................6
1.2. Capabilities ...............................................7
1.3. Separation of Configuration and State Data .................7
2. Transport Protocol Requirements .................................8
2.1. Connection-Oriented Operation ..............................9
2.2. Authentication, Integrity, and Confidentiality .............9
2.3. Authentication .............................................9
2.4. Mandatory Transport Protocol ..............................10
3. XML Considerations .............................................10
3.1. Namespace .................................................10
3.2. No Document Type Declarations .............................10
4. RPC Model ......................................................10
4.1. <rpc> Element .............................................10
4.2. <rpc-reply> Element .......................................12
4.3. <rpc-error> Element .......................................12
4.4. <ok> Element ..............................................16
4.5. Pipelining ................................................16
5. Configuration Model ............................................16
5.1. Configuration Datastores ..................................16
5.2. Data Modeling .............................................17
6. Subtree Filtering ..............................................17
6.1. Overview ..................................................17
6.2. Subtree Filter Components .................................18
6.2.1. Namespace Selection ................................18
6.2.2. Attribute Match Expressions ........................19
6.2.3. Containment Nodes ..................................19
6.2.4. Selection Nodes ....................................20
6.2.5. Content Match Nodes ................................20
6.3. Subtree Filter Processing .................................22
6.4. Subtree Filtering Examples ................................22
6.4.1. No Filter ..........................................22
6.4.2. Empty Filter .......................................23
6.4.3. Select the Entire <users> Subtree ..................23
6.4.4. Select All <name> Elements within the
<users> Subtree ....................................25
6.4.5. One Specific <user> Entry ..........................26
6.4.6. Specific Elements from a Specific <user> Entry .....27
6.4.7. Multiple Subtrees ..................................28
6.4.8. Elements with Attribute Naming .....................29
7. Protocol Operations ............................................31
7.1. <get-config> ..............................................31
7.2. <edit-config> .............................................34
7.3. <copy-config> .............................................39
7.4. <delete-config> ...........................................41
7.5. <lock> ....................................................42
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7.6. <unlock> ..................................................44
7.7. <get> .....................................................45
7.8. <close-session> ...........................................47
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