Confd Basic CLI does not load properly

ali · June 1, 2017, 8:27am

I am getting started with ConfD Basic. in example “1-2-3-start-query-model”, after running “make clean all start”, and “make cli” the cli looks very different than expected, it is missing many commands such as set" and “commit”, Right from the start the prompt shows “machine#” instead of “machine>”

What am I missing?

====== terminal ===================

/home/ali/confd_6.3/bin/confd -c confd.conf --addloadpath /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd 
 In one terminal window, run: tail -f ./confd.log
 In another terminal window, run queries
  (try 'make query' for an example)
 In this window, the DHCP confd daemon now starts:
   (hit Enter to exit)
./dhcpd_conf 
TRACE Connected (cdb) to ConfD
TRACE CDB_SUBSCRIBE /dhcp --> CONFD_OK
TRACE CDB_SUBSCRIBE_DONE  --> CONFD_OK
Subscription point = 6
TRACE Connected (cdb) to ConfD
TRACE CDB_NEW_SESSION  --> CONFD_OK
TRACE Established new CDB session to ConfD
TRACE CDB_SET_NAMESPACE  --> CONFD_OK
TRACE CDB_GET /dhcp/defaultLeaseTime --> CONFD_OK
TRACE CDB_GET /dhcp/maxLeaseTime --> CONFD_OK
TRACE CDB_GET /dhcp/logFacility --> CONFD_OK
TRACE CDB_NUM_INSTANCES /dhcp/SubNets/subNet --> CONFD_OK
TRACE CDB_NUM_INSTANCES /dhcp/SharedNetworks/sharedNetwork --> CONFD_OK

====== confd.log ===================

$ cat confd.log 
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.699 lenovo confd[29155]: - Writing daemon log to /home/ali/confd_6.3/examples.confd/intro/1-2-3-start-query-model/confd.log
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.700 lenovo confd[29155]: - Writing NETCONF log to /home/ali/confd_6.3/examples.confd/intro/1-2-3-start-query-model/netconf.log
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.700 lenovo confd[29155]: - Writing audit log to /home/ali/confd_6.3/examples.confd/intro/1-2-3-start-query-model/audit.log
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.701 lenovo confd[29155]: - Daemon logging started
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.701 lenovo confd[29155]: - Writing developer log to /home/ali/confd_6.3/examples.confd/intro/1-2-3-start-query-model/devel.log
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.713 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/iana-crypt-hash.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.713 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/ietf-netconf-monitoring.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.714 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-common-monitoring.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.715 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/ietf-netconf-acm.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.715 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/ietf-yang-library.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.716 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/ietf-netconf-notifications.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.717 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-netconf-monitoring.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.717 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-confd-monitoring.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.719 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-acm.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.720 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-rollback.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.721 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-kicker.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.721 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file ./dhcpd.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.722 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/tailf-aaa.fxs
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.726 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file ./commands-c.ccl
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.731 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file ./commands-j.ccl
<DEBUG> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.731 lenovo confd[29155]: - Loading file /home/ali/confd_6.3/etc/confd/confd.ccl
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:03.773 lenovo confd[29155]: - Starting to listen for Internal IPC on 127.0.0.1:4565
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:04.058 lenovo confd[29155]: - CDB load: processing file: ./confd-cdb/aaa_init.xml
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:04.368 lenovo confd[29155]: - Starting to listen for NETCONF SSH on 0.0.0.0:2022
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:04.385 lenovo confd[29155]: - Starting to listen for NETCONF TCP on 127.0.0.1:2023
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:04.408 lenovo confd[29155]: - Starting to listen for CLI SSH on 0.0.0.0:2024
<INFO> 1-Jun-2017::00:41:04.540 lenovo confd[29155]: - ConfD started vsn: 6.3

============= cli ========================

Welcome to ConfD Basic

The CLI may only be used during product development.
Commercial use of the CLI is prohibited.
You must disable the CLI in confd.conf for production.
For more information, visit http://www.tail-f.com.
admin connected from 127.0.0.1 using console on lenovo
lenovo# ?
Possible completions:
  aaa                    AAA management
  autowizard             Automatically query for mandatory elements
  cd                     Change working directory
  clear                  Clear parameter
  compare                Compare running configuration to another configuration or a file
  complete-on-space      Enable/disable completion on space
  config                 Manipulate software configuration information
  describe               Display transparent command information
  devtools               Enable/disable development tools
  display-level          Configure show command display level
  exit                   Exit the management session
  file                   Perform file operations
  help                   Provide help information
  history                Configure history size
  id                     Show user id information
  idle-timeout           Configure idle timeout
  ignore-leading-space   Ignore leading whitespace (true/false)
  job                    Job operations
  logout                 Logout a user
  no                     Negate a command or set its defaults
  output-file            Copy output to file or terminal
  paginate               Paginate output from CLI commands
  ping                   Ping a host
  prompt1                Set operational mode prompt
  prompt2                Set configure mode prompt
  pwd                    Display current mode path
  quit                   Exit the management session
  screen-length          Configure screen length
  screen-width           Configure screen width
  script                 Script actions
  send                   Send message to terminal of one or all users
  show                   Show information about the system
  show-defaults          Show default values when showing the configuration
  source                 File to source
  ssh                    Open a secure shell on another host
  terminal               Set terminal type
  timestamp              Enable/disable the display of timestamp
  who                    Display currently logged on users
  write                  Write configuration
lenovo# config 
Entering configuration mode terminal
lenovo(config)# ?
Possible completions:
  aaa        AAA management
  alias      Create command alias.
  dhcp       
  nacm       Access control
  session    Global default CLI session parameters
  user       User specific command aliases and default CLI session parameters
  ---        
  abort      Abort configuration session
  annotate   Add a comment to a statement
  clear      Remove all configuration changes
  commit     Commit current set of changes
  compare    Compare configuration
  copy       Copy a list entry
  describe   Display transparent command information
  do         Run an operational-mode command
  end        Terminate configuration session
  exit       Exit from current mode
  help       Provide help information
  insert     Insert a parameter
  load       Load configuration from an ASCII file
  move       Move a parameter
  no         Negate a command or set its defaults
  pwd        Display current mode path
  rename     Rename an identifier
  resolved   Conflicts have been resolved
  revert     Copy configuration from running
  rollback   Roll back database to last committed version
  save       Save configuration to an ASCII file
  service    Modify use of network based services
  show       Show a parameter
  tag        Manipulate statement tags
  top        Exit to top level and optionally run command
  validate   Validate current configuration
lenovo(config)#

josephm · June 1, 2017, 9:13am

There are more flavors of CLI. The information you consider “missing” is probably due to the fact that some README/source of info was written with expectation of specific CLI running…
Check how specific example Makefile runs “make cli”, or “make cli-c”

confd_cli --help output:

..
      -J            Juniper style CLI
      -C            Cisco XR style CLI
      -I            Cisco IOS style CLI
..

If e.g. “commit” command is missing, you are probably running CLI in Cisco IOS style that handles each and every command as a standalone transaction…

per · June 1, 2017, 10:17am

ConfD Basic only supports Cisco XR style CLI. The 1-2-3-start-query-model/2-README_query file actually describes how to run the example with either of Juniper or Cisco XR style CLI:

...
Using the JunOS-style CLI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This section shows the JunOS-style CLI. The next section demonstrates
the same thing using the IOS XR-style CLI. The JunOS-style CLI is not available in ConfD Free.
...
Using the IOS XR-style CLI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...

(“ConfD Free” should actually be “ConfD Basic”)