NetworkOps Platform

NetworkOps

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AI-Powered Network Automation Platform

> Natural language commands to manage multi-vendor infrastructure

NetworkOps is a network automation platform built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It enables AI-assisted management of Cisco, Juniper, Nokia, Arista, and Linux devices through natural language — no scripting required.

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Screenshots

Topology Dashboard

Interactive force-directed network topology with device health indicators, legend, and network stats.

Device Details

Click any device to view its properties, interface status, and remediation controls.

OSPF Adjacencies Overlay

Visualize OSPF adjacencies with area labels directly on topology links.

BGP Sessions Overlay

BGP session status with AS number annotations on peering links.

DMVPN Fabric Status

DMVPN hub-and-spoke overlay with peer state table showing tunnel IPs, NBMA addresses, and uptime.

Ping Sweep with Latency Heatmap

Bulk ping results visualized as a color-coded latency heatmap across the topology.

Command Terminal

Execute show commands on any device with full output display.

AI Documentation Assistant

RAG-powered chat with live network queries — ask questions in natural language and get answers with source citations.

Real-time Telemetry (MDT)

Live CPU, memory, interface traffic, and counters streamed via gRPC at 5-second intervals.

Impact Analysis

Predict the blast radius of a configuration change before executing it.

Intent Drift Engine

YAML-defined expected state validation with per-item compliance checks and violation alerts.

Subnet Calculator

Built-in subnet calculator with VLSM split and quick reference tables.

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Quick Start

Demo Mode (no network devices needed)

Try NetworkOps without any hardware. Demo mode simulates a multi-device network with routers, switches, and an FRR edge device.

git clone https://github.com/E-Conners-Lab/NetworkOps_Platform.git && cd NetworkOps_Platform
./scripts/quickstart.sh --demo
# Follow the prompts, then open http://localhost:5001 — Login: admin/admin

Or manually:

git clone https://github.com/E-Conners-Lab/NetworkOps_Platform.git && cd NetworkOps_Platform
uv venv --python 3.11                  # downloads Python 3.11 if needed
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -r requirements.txt
cd dashboard && npm install && npm run build && cd ..
JWT_SECRET=$(python3 -c "import secrets; print(secrets.token_hex(32))")
DEMO_MODE=true JWT_SECRET=$JWT_SECRET python dashboard/api_server.py

> Don't have uv? Install it with curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh. You can also use python3.11 -m venv .venv and pip install -r requirements.txt instead.

With Real Devices

git clone https://github.com/E-Conners-Lab/NetworkOps_Platform.git && cd NetworkOps_Platform
./scripts/quickstart.sh
# Edit .env with your device IPs and credentials
# Edit config/devices.py with your device inventory
python dashboard/api_server.py

Docker

git clone https://github.com/E-Conners-Lab/NetworkOps_Platform.git && cd NetworkOps_Platform
./scripts/docker-init.sh
# Edit .env with your credentials (or add DEMO_MODE=true for demo)
docker compose up

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Demo Mode

Demo mode provides a fully functional dashboard experience using simulated network data. No real devices, SSH connections, or lab infrastructure required.

What Works in Demo Mode

| Feature | Status | Details | |---------|--------|---------| | Topology visualization | Full | 7-node network with routers, switches, and FRR edge device | | BGP overlay | Full | Simulated iBGP (AS 65000) and eBGP (AS 65100) peering | | OSPF overlay | Full | Area 0 adjacencies across all routers | | DMVPN overlay | Full | Hub-and-spoke topology with 3 spokes | | Switch fabric overlay | Full | 2 switches with uplink status and port counts | | Ping sweep | Full | Simulated 100% reachability with realistic latencies | | Interface list | Full | Per-device interface display with status | | Show commands | Partial | show ip interface brief, show version, show ip route return simulated output; other commands return a placeholder message | | Login / RBAC | Full | JWT auth, role-based permissions, all dashboard features unlocked | | Health endpoints | Full | /healthz and /health/detailed work without Redis |

What Does Not Work in Demo Mode

| Feature | Reason | |---------|--------| | Configuration changes | No real devices to push config to | | NETCONF/YANG queries | Requires live device connections | | pyATS baselines/diffs | Requires SSH to real devices | | RAG chatbot | Requires ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and ChromaDB index | | Streaming telemetry | Requires gRPC streams from real devices | | Terminal (arbitrary commands) | Most commands return placeholder output | | NetBox integration | Requires a running NetBox instance | | MCP tools via Claude | Tools that SSH to devices will fail; read-only tools work |

Demo Topology

        R1 ──── R2
        │        │
   Switch-R1  Switch-R2
        │
        R3 ──── R4
        │
      edge1 (FRR, AS 65100)

• R1–R4: Cisco C8000V routers (IOS-XE) — OSPF Area 0, iBGP AS 65000, DMVPN hub/spoke
• Switch-R1, Switch-R2: Cisco Cat9kv switches
• edge1: FRRouting device — eBGP peering with R3

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Features

React Dashboard

• Interactive force-directed topology with drag-and-drop positioning
• Real-time device health monitoring (healthy / degraded / critical)
• Role-based access control (Admin / Operator / Viewer)
• Command terminal with output display
• AI chat panel (RAG-powered, requires Anthropic API key)
• Device detail panels:
• Cisco devices: Interface list with admin/line protocol status, remediation buttons
• Linux hosts: Uptime, memory, disk, gateway reachability
• Containerlab devices: Container status, uptime, memory
• Visualization overlays:
• BGP session status with AS numbers
• OSPF adjacencies with area mapping
• DMVPN hub/spoke fabric
• Switch fabric with EIGRP status
• Ping sweep with latency heatmap
• Intent Drift Engine:
• YAML-defined expected state validation
• Force-directed dependency graph
• Forward/backward/blast-radius impact analysis
• Cross-subsystem event correlation
• Hierarchical site view (Region → Site → Rack → Device)
• Position persistence via localStorage
• Change management workflow

MCP Tools (178 tools, 24 categories)

Integrate with Claude Code or Claude Desktop for natural language network management.

Health & Monitoring

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | health_check | Check single device connectivity | | health_check_all | Parallel health check across all devices | | full_network_test | Validate OSPF, BGP, DMVPN, and reachability | | linux_health_check | Linux host status (uptime, memory, disk) | | get_cpu_memory | CPU and memory utilization | | ping_sweep | Bulk ping from a device to all targets |

Device Operations

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_devices | List available devices | | send_command | Execute show commands | | send_config | Send configuration commands | | discover_topology | Discover topology via CDP/LLDP | | get_interface_status | Detailed interface status | | remediate_interface | Fix interfaces (no shutdown, bounce) | | bulk_command | Execute command on multiple devices in parallel |

Configuration Management

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | backup_config | Save running config to timestamped file | | compare_configs | Diff two configs or backup files | | list_backups | List saved configuration backups |

Routing & Troubleshooting

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_routing_table | Parsed routing table with protocol filtering | | traceroute | Hop-by-hop path analysis | | get_arp_table | Parsed ARP table with VRF support | | get_mac_table | MAC address table from switches | | get_neighbors | Structured CDP/LLDP neighbor data | | get_logs | Syslog buffer with severity filtering |

NETCONF

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_interfaces_netconf | Interface info via NETCONF/YANG | | get_netconf_capabilities | Device NETCONF capabilities | | get_bgp_neighbors_netconf | BGP neighbors via NETCONF |

pyATS Integration

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | pyats_learn_feature | Learn device feature state | | pyats_snapshot_state | Capture device state baseline | | pyats_diff_state | Compare against baseline | | pyats_check_compliance | Check config against golden templates | | pyats_list_baselines | List saved baselines | | pyats_list_templates | List golden config templates |

NetBox Integration

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | netbox_get_devices | List devices from NetBox | | netbox_get_interfaces | Device interfaces from NetBox | | netbox_get_prefixes | IP prefixes from NetBox | | netbox_generate_configs | Generate FRR configs from NetBox via Jinja2 | | netbox_generate_iosxe_config | Generate IOS-XE configs from NetBox | | netbox_allocate_ip | Allocate next available IP from a prefix |

Memory & Context System

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | memory_search | Semantic search across conversation history | | memory_save | Save notes for later retrieval | | memory_recall_device | Recent events for a device | | memory_stats | Memory system statistics |

Event Logging & Cache

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | get_event_log | Audit log events (filterable) | | clear_event_log | Clear audit log | | cache_status | Redis cache statistics |

Streaming Telemetry (MDT)

• Real-time CPU, memory, and interface counters via gRPC (5-second intervals)
• WebSocket push to dashboard via Socket.IO
• Configured on C8000V routers and Cat9kv switches

RAG Documentation Chatbot

• Indexed CCIE/Cisco documentation with semantic search
• ChromaDB + sentence-transformers embeddings
• Live network queries via SSH during chat
• Claude-powered responses with source citations

Discord Bot (ChatOps)

• Commands: !devices, !health, !bgp, !ping, !events, !topology, !run
• RBAC: Admin commands require "Network Admin" role

Enterprise Features

| Category | Feature | |----------|---------| | Authentication | JWT tokens, MFA/TOTP with recovery codes | | Authorization | Role-based access control (Admin/Operator/Viewer) | | Caching | Redis-backed response caching | | Rate Limiting | Configurable per-endpoint rate limits | | Async Jobs | Celery task queue with PostgreSQL persistence | | Health Probes | /healthz, /readyz, /health/detailed, /metrics | | TLS/HTTPS | Nginx reverse proxy with TLS 1.2/1.3 | | Logging | Structured JSON logs for aggregation | | SIEM Forwarding | Splunk, Elasticsearch, Syslog, Webhook | | Kubernetes | Full manifests with HPA, PDB, rolling deployments | | Graceful Shutdown | SIGTERM handling with request draining |

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Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                        NetworkOps Platform                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                     │
│   ┌──────────────┐    ┌──────────────┐    ┌────────────────────┐   │
│   │   Frontend   │    │  API Server  │    │    MCP Server      │   │
│   │   (React)    │◄──►│   (Flask)    │    │  (Claude Tools)    │   │
│   │  Port 3000   │    │  Port 5001   │    │                    │   │
│   │              │    │              │    │  178 tools across  │   │
│   │  • Topology  │    │  • REST API  │    │  24 categories     │   │
│   │  • Terminal  │    │  • WebSocket │    │  • NETCONF/YANG    │   │
│   │  • RAG Chat  │    │  • Auth/RBAC │    │  • pyATS           │   │
│   └──────────────┘    └──────┬───────┘    └──────────┬─────────┘   │
│                              │                       │              │
│                 ┌────────────┴───────────────────────┴──────────┐  │
│                 │             Shared Data Layer                  │  │
│                 │  • networkops.db (Alembic-managed)             │  │
│                 │  • chromadb/ (RAG)    • baselines/ (pyATS)     │  │
│                 └───────────────────────┬───────────────────────┘  │
│                                         │                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤
│                                         │                          │
│              Network Devices (SSH / NETCONF)                       │
│   ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌─────────┐  ┌───────┐ │
│   │ Cisco   │  │ Juniper │  │ Nokia   │  │ Arista  │  │ Linux │ │
│   │ IOS-XE  │  │ Junos   │  │ SR Linux│  │  EOS    │  │ FRR   │ │
│   └─────────┘  └─────────┘  └─────────┘  └─────────┘  └───────┘ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

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Setting Up Your Own Lab

Use the quickstart script to configure NetworkOps for your own network devices:

# Interactive setup (recommended)
./scripts/quickstart.sh

# Demo mode (no devices needed)
./scripts/quickstart.sh --demo

# Non-interactive (CI/CD, Docker)
./scripts/quickstart.sh --headless

# Setup and auto-start
./scripts/quickstart.sh --headless --auto-start

The script detects uv automatically for faster dependency installation.

Deploying on a Linux VM (Proxmox, bare metal, etc.)

You can run the entire platform and containerlab on a single Linux host — no Multipass needed.

1. Install prerequisites:

# Docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER && newgrp docker

# Containerlab
sudo bash -c "$(curl -sL https://get.containerlab.dev)"

# uv (Python version manager + package installer)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
source ~/.bashrc

# Node.js (for building the React frontend)
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt install -y nodejs

2. Clone and set up the project:

git clone https://github.com/E-Conners-Lab/NetworkOps_Platform.git && cd NetworkOps_Platform
uv venv --python 3.11
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure .env:

cp .env.example .env

Set these values in .env:

CONTAINERLAB_LOCAL=true
CONTAINERLAB_ONLY=true
CONTAINERLAB_TOPOLOGY_PATH=/path/to/NetworkOps_Platform/containerlab/datacenter.clab.yml
DEMO_MODE=false
JWT_SECRET=

4. Pull images and deploy the lab:

docker pull frrouting/frr:v8.4.1
docker pull ghcr.io/nokia/srlinux:24.10.1
docker pull alpine:3.19

cd containerlab
sudo containerlab deploy -t datacenter.clab.yml
cd ..

5. Build the frontend, run migrations, and start:

cd dashboard && npm install && npm run build && cd ..
alembic upgrade head
python dashboard/api_server.py

6. Change the default password:

TOKEN=$(curl -s http://localhost:5001/api/auth/login -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username":"admin","password":"admin"}' | python3 -c "import sys,json;print(json.load(sys.stdin)['token'])")

curl -X POST http://localhost:5001/api/auth/change-password -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" -d '{"old_password":"admin","new_password":"YourNewPassword"}'

7. Access the dashboard at http://:5001 and log in with admin and your new password.

> Note: CONTAINERLAB_LOCAL=true runs Docker commands directly instead of routing through Multipass. CONTAINERLAB_ONLY=true hides EVE-NG/phys

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Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: E-Conners-Lab
• Source: E-Conners-Lab/NetworkOps_Platform
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.