Deprecation Notice

This Pre-Built has been deprecated as of 01-15-2024 and will be end of life on 01-15-2025. The capabilities of this Pre-Built have been replaced by the Arista - EOS - IAG

Arista File Transfer

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Installation Prerequisites
• Requirements
• Features
• Future Enhancements
• How to Install
• How to Run
• Additional Information

Overview

This Pre-Built Automation contains a workflow designed to perform file transfer for Arista EOS devices. The workflow utilizes FTP on the Arista device.

Estimated Run Time: 10 minutes (depending on file size and network speed)

Installation Prerequisites

Users must satisfy the following pre-requisites:

• Itential Automation Platform
  • ^2022.1

Requirements

This Pre-Built requires the following:

• Arista device onboarded to either NSO or IAG
• NSO or IAG adapter

Features

The main benefits and features of the Pre-Built are outlined below.

• Validates file intergrity (md5) after download (optional)
• Allow zero-touch mode of operation

Future Enhancements

Add support for other protocols such as scp

How to Install

To install the Pre-Built:

• Verify you are running a supported version of the Itential Automation Platform (IAP) as listed above in the Requirements section in order to install the Pre-Built.
• The Pre-Built can be installed from within App-Admin_Essential. Simply search for the name of your desired Pre-Built and click the install button.

How to Run

Use the following to run the Pre-Built: Navigate to the Operations Manager app in IAP, then select to run the Arista File Transfer. Fill up the form with the following details:

• Perform MD5 check (checkbox) - compare to entered MD5
• Zero Touch (checkbox) - eliminate user interactions
• Device name
• FTP remote server information
  • Username - remote file server username used with FTP (Ex. ftpuser)
  • Password - remote file server password used with FTP
  • IP Address - remote file server IP address (Ex. 192.168.1.25)
  • Path - remote file server path to file (Ex. /home/)
  • File Name - remote server file name (Ex. foo.bar)

Additional Information

Please use your Itential Customer Success account if you need support when using this Pre-Built.