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Scripting How-To: Windows PowerShell

By Erdem posted 08-08-2015 06:08

  

Overview

Configure and interact with Junos devices using Windows PowerShell.

Feature


Windows PowerShell is a powerful built-in scripting language by Microsoft. It is included on all devices running at least Windows 7, and can be downloaded as a separate installation on older versions of Windows.


I recommend the following resources to help you get familiar with PowerShell:

Posh-Junos Module


With the help of the Posh-Junos module, you can use PowerShell to interact with Junos devices in the following way:

  • Get software information on a given device.
  • Configure multiple devices using a template-style format for custom values.
  • Configure multiple devices with the same set of commands.
  • Quick configuration of a single device.
  • Execute remote commands and display/save the output.
  • Generate traffic-selectors (multi proxy-ID's) for SRX devices.

Installation


You can get the Posh-Junos module by using any of the following methods

  • Visit the Github project page to install it manually.
  • Use PsGet if you have it installed (highly recommended), and run the following command​
1	Install-Module Posh-Junos
  • Run the following script in your PowerShell console to automatically install it:
1	iex (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadString("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/scottdware/Posh-Junos/master/install.ps1")


Documentation


For more detailed documentation and examples on how to use the module, please visit the Github project Wiki.

Source


Contribution by Scott Ware, April 2014


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