NORFAB Python API

NorFab Python API can be used to interact with automations fabric To start working with Python API need to import NorFab object and instantiate it.

from norfab.core.nfapi import NorFab

nf = NorFab(inventory="./inventory.yaml")
nf.start()
nf.destroy()

Refer to Getting Started section on how to construct inventory.yaml file.

All interaction with NorFab happens via client, to create a client need to call make_client method:

import pprint
from norfab.core.nfapi import NorFab

nf = NorFab(inventory="./inventory.yaml")
nf.start()

client = nf.make_client()

result = nf.client.run_job(
    service="nornir",
    task="cli",
    kwargs={"commands": ["show version", "show clock"]}
)

pprint.pprint(ret)

nf.destroy()

Calling destroy method will kill all the clients as well.