NAPALM - Unable to send enable password in Cisco IOS #1

[sjsingh02]

Dears,

Apologies for simple question, but I am getting confused with this:

I am trying to use the below simple NAPALM script to automate Cisco IOS devices.

from napalm import get_network_driver
import pprint
import getpass

driver = get_network_driver('ios')
device = driver('192.168.60.152', 'admin', 'cisco')

print('Accessing device 192.168.60.152')
device.open()
facts = device.get_facts()
print(facts)
device.close()

But I am not able to figure out how to send the enable password to Cisco IOS with NAPALM script above.

Getting below error when trying execute:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Sripts$ python3 ios_napalm.py
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py:116: PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning: 1.1build1 is an invalid version and will not be supported in a future release
warnings.warn(
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py:116: PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning: 0.1.43ubuntu1 is an invalid version and will not be supported in a future release
warnings.warn(
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py:116: PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning: 1.1build1 is an invalid version and will not be supported in a future release
warnings.warn(
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/init.py:116: PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning: 0.1.43ubuntu1 is an invalid version and will not be supported in a future release
warnings.warn(
Accessing device 192.168.60.152
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/ubuntu/Sripts/ios_napalm.py", line 9, in
device.open()
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/napalm/ios/ios.py", line 172, in open
self.device = self._netmiko_open(
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/napalm/base/base.py", line 129, in _netmiko_open
self._netmiko_device.enable()
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netmiko/cisco_base_connection.py", line 26, in enable
return super().enable(
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 2008, in enable
output += self.read_until_prompt()
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 812, in read_until_prompt
return self.read_until_pattern(
File "/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/netmiko/base_connection.py", line 721, in read_until_pattern
raise ReadTimeout(msg)
netmiko.exceptions.ReadTimeout:

Pattern not detected: 'router' in output.

Things you might try to fix this:

Adjust the regex pattern to better identify the terminating string. Note, in
many situations the pattern is automatically based on the network device's prompt.
Increase the read_timeout to a larger value.
You can also look at the Netmiko session_log or debug log for more information.

Using Python 3.10.6, Installed libraries as below:

paramiko 3.1.0
netmiko 4.2.0
napalm 4.1.0

Router Info:

router>en
Password:
router#show ver
Cisco IOS Software, IOSv Software (VIOS-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 15.5(3)M, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2015 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 22-Jul-15 23:04 by prod_rel_team

Thanks in advance for your support

[ktbyers]

@sjsingh02 Use NAPALM's optional_args = {"secret": "my_secret"}