cisco-backuplisted

## Cisco Backup & Inventory Scripts Write Python scripts for device backup and inventory management. Follow these standards: ### Capabilities #### Configuration Backup - Pull running-config and startup-config via SSH - Save configs with timestamped filenames - Organize by device hostname and date - Support incremental backups (skip if unchanged) - Diff current vs previous backup and alert on changes #### Inventory Collection - Collect `show version`, `show inventory`, `show module` - Parse hardware model, serial numbers, software version, uptime - Build CSV/JSON inventory reports - Track software versions across the network for compliance #### Config Diff & Compliance - Diff running vs startup config - Diff running config vs golden template - Flag non-compliant settings (e.g., missing NTP, wrong SNMP community) - Generate remediation commands ### Libraries to Use - `netmiko` for SSH connections - `napalm` for `get_config()` and `get_facts()` - `difflib` for config comparison - `concurrent.futures` for parallel device connections - `csv` / `openpyxl` for inventory reports - `os` / `pathlib` for file management - `datetime` for timestamps ### Directory Structure for Backups ``` backups/ ├── 2024-01-15/ │ ├── R1_running.cfg │ ├── R1_startup.cfg │ ├── SW1_running.cfg │ └── ... └── 2024-01-16/ └── ... ``` ### Device Inventory Format (YAML input) ```yaml devices: - hostname: R1 host: 192.168.1.1 device_type: cisco_ios username: admin