Open Source Python Network Configuration Tools for Windows

Nautobot is an open-source network source of truth and automation platform designed to manage network infrastructure data effectively. Initially built as a fork of NetBox, Nautobot extends its capabilities by offering flexible data modeling, powerful REST and GraphQL APIs, and built-in automation tools. It enables network engineers and operators to store, query, and integrate network infrastructure data with external systems, making it a key component in modern network automation workflows. With support for plugins and extensibility, Nautobot is used by enterprises to manage IP addresses, devices, circuits, and other networking components while integrating with automation tools like Ansible, Terraform, and custom Python scripts.

In an optical network scenario which consists of multiple nodes (whiteboxes) at its edges and ROADMs in-between, the coherent transceiver average laser configuration time is improved. The process is evaluated according to a testbed setup. This is facilitated in the appropriate lab equipment (or via simulation when required). For that purpose, a software agent (Netconf server) residing at the whiteboxes, is developed receiving input from the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) packet controller (PacketCTL - a Netconf client). Then, configuration of the local transceiver laser frequencies of the controlled pluggable devices takes place, for facilitating the connectivity in-between the ROADM network. Also, the agent records and reports back telemetry data (feedback) which is used by the PacketCTL's resource-allocating mechanism to improve efficiency within the network topology.

Networkprofiler is a software for management of various network configuration profiles. Its goal is to do the switching process between different network environments simple and fast.