Mist Switch Operator Web UI

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Copyright (c) 2020 Thomas Munzer

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Features

• list switches
• display basic switch info
• single/multi ports or LACP configuration changes
  • Port:
    • port enabled/disabled
    • POE enabled/disabled
  • VLAN:
    • mode access/trunk
    • access VLAN (access mode)
    • native/trunk VLANs (trunk mode)
  • Link:
    • autonegociation enabled/disabled
    • speed and duplex (if autonegocation disabled)
• update switch settings
• Virtual Chassis support
• Leverage the "no_local_overwrite" setting from Mist to block the ports configuration from this tool:

How it's working

• This application requires Mist accounts or API token to be used.
• This application is automatically retrieving the account information and access rights from the Mist Cloud.
• When an operator selects a site, the application is retrieving the list of switches and VCs.
• When an operator selects a switch, the application is retrieving the configured networks/vlans from the Mist Cloud.
• When an operator changes a switch port configuration, the application is creating (or updating) a new "Port Profile" at the switch level with the required configuration, and apply to the switch port. All the port profiles managed by the application are name autogenerated_<port_id>.
• There is no information stored on the server side, and all the required information are cached on the web browser side (this means everything will be lost if the page is manually refreshed, or when using the web browser "back" button).

Installation

This is a demo application using the Mist APIs.

You can run it as a strandalone Python application, or deploy it as a Docker container.

Note: The application is not providing secured HTTPS connections. It is highly recommended to deploy it behind a reverse proxy providing HTTPS encryption.

Standalone deployment

1. download the github repository
2. from the project folder, install the python dependencies (ex: pip3 install -r requirements.txt)
3. create a config.py file in the directory django/backend/ with the required settings. A configuration example with explanation is avaiable in django/backend/config_example.py.
4. from the django_appfolder, start the app with python3 ./manage.py runserver (please see Djano server options with python3 ./manage.py runserver -h)

Docker Image

The docker image is available on docker hub: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/tmunzer/mist_switch_operator.

The Docket image is listening on port TCP8000

Configuration

You can configure the settings through a configuration file or through Environment Variables.

Environment Variables

Variable Name	Type	Default Value	Comment
DJANGO_DEBUG	Number	0	Whether or not Django starts in Debug Mode (0=Production, 1=Debug)
DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS	String		FQDN on which Django is listening. Only used in Production Mode
GOOGLE_API_KEY	String		Google API Key to use Google Map Javascript API
APP_DISLCAIMER	String		Disclaimer to display on the login page