Avoiding config template cleanup beyond the first <daemon>.j2

[jbemmel]

In

netlab/netsim/augment/nodes.py

Line 555 in c1c6b68

if kn == n.device or kn in n.get('module',[]) or kn in n.get('config',[]) or kn == 'initial':

any config script that is not named as the device or daemon, an active module, or listed as config file gets removed.

For a vpp daemon I need (at least) 2 config files:

• vpp.j2 -> /etc/vpp/startup.conf
• xxx.j2 -> /etc/vpp/setup.conf

What can I use as xxx.j2?

• initial does not work, because it shadows a separate initial script
• other modules are not appropriate
• listing it as a config file fails to resolve under the daemons/vpp/ path
• ...

[ipspace]

There are tons of options, none of them perfect ;) You could add a bogus module in quirks, or use the initialization script to create multiple config files, like we do in FRR, or use clab.binds, like we do in FRR/Linux...