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Example: enforcing IOS-XR router names

This is a basic example of the compliance module of Netshot, using a text-based rule.

Let's assume you want your IOS-XR devices to be named xr0 to xr9. You can enforce this with a text rule.

  1. Go to the Compliance section.
  2. If you haven't created any policy yet, click Create policy..., give it a name, and choose the device group the policy will apply to.
  3. Click on + (to the right of the policy) to add the rule.
  4. Give the rule a name, e.g. "XR device naming", select Simple text rule and click Add.

  5. Click Edit content and fill in the rule definition, for example:

    • Device type: Cisco IOS-XR
    • Field: Device name
    • Text (regular expression): ^xr[0-9]$
    • The text must exist

    You can test the rule against a selected device before saving. 6. Click Save. 7. Don't forget to enable the rule by clicking the wrench button and checking the Enabled box.

Once enabled, any IOS-XR device whose name does not match a single digit after xr (e.g. router1, xr10) will be flagged as non-conforming.