ZTPServer Overview

ZTPServer provides a bootstrap environment for Arista EOS based products. It is written mostly in Python and leverages standard protocols like DHCP (for boot functions), HTTP (for bi-directional transport), and syslog (for logging). Most of the configuration files are YAML based.

This open source project is maintained by the Arista Networks EOS+ services organization.

Highlights

• Extends the basic capability of EOS’s zero-touch provisioning feature in order to allow more robust provisioning activities

• Is extensible, for easy integration into various network environments

• Can be run natively in EOS or any Linux server

• Arista EOS+ led community open source project

Features

• Dynamic startup-config generation and automatic install

• Image and file system validation and standardization

• Connectivity validation and topology based auto-provisioning

• Config and device templates with dynamic resource allocation

• Zero-touch replacement and upgrade capabilities

• User extensible actions

• Syslog based

• Overview
• Installation
• Startup
• Configuration
• Examples
• ZTPServer Cookbook
• Tips and tricks
• Internals
• Glossary of terms
• Support
• Troubleshooting
• License