Re: A simple perl script to convert Cisco IOS configuration to HTML with internal links for easier comprehension

[Jesse McGraw <jlmcgraw () gmail com>]

I've now added some initial support for NXOS

On 08/06/2015 04:18 PM, Akyol, Bora A wrote:
> Jesse
>
> Does this also work for NXOS and IOS XR (thank you ciscoŠ)
>
> Thanks
>
> Bora
> PNNL.GOV
>
> On 8/6/15, 5:59 AM, "Jesse McGraw" <jlmcgraw () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> >      (This is me scratching an itch of my own and hoping that it might
> > be useful to others on this list.  Apologies if it isn't)
> >
> >    When trying to comprehend a new or complicated Cisco router
> > configuration an old pet-peeve of mine is how needlessly difficult it is
> > to search for a list referenced by a command, figure out what it does,
> > then find my way back to the original command (by which time I¹ve
> > forgotten the details of the list) and figure out what it's doing with
> > that list.
> >
> > So I¹ve been working on a small perl script to add links within IOS
> > configuration files, e.g. link to an access-list from the interface
> > where it¹s applied, making it easier to to follow the chain of logic
> > with stuff like route maps or nested service policies via clicking links
> > and using the forward and back buttons in your browser to go back and
> > forth between command and referenced list.
> >
> > I know there is a lot of stuff I could add in to this (e.g. more
> > VRF-related commands, PIX/ASA, Juniper etc).  Let me know if you think
> > of anything new or notice something I¹ve done wrong , there's plenty of
> > room for improvement and expansion to other configuration formats.
> >
> >
> >
> > Notes:
> >      Anything referenced (or potentially referenced) by something else
> > is in bold.  It makes it very easy to see where ACLs etc. start and end
> >
> >      There's also an option in there to reformat some numbers that are
> > hard to read (e.g. traffic shaping criteria) into more human-readable
> > ones.  Pure fluff.
> >
> >      Surely this has been done before but I couldn't find anything in a
> > few brief moments of searching so here we are.
> >
> >
> >
> > Files are here: https://github.com/jlmcgraw/networkUtilities
> >
> > At the very least you'll need iosToHtml.pl, pointers.pl, pointees.pl,
> > and human_readable.pl and several CPAN modules (see setup.sh for easy
> > ways to install them under Debian-derived Linux. I haven't tested this
> > at all under Windows or OS X)
> >
> > -Jesse