Unicon is a package aiming to provide a unified connection experience to network devices through typical command-line management interface. By wrapping the underlying session (eg, telnet, ssh), Unicon provides:

• direct and proxied connections through any common CLI interface (telnet, ssh, serial etc)
• power of expect-like programming without having to deal with low-level logic
• multi-vendor support through an agnostic API interface
• seamless handling of CLI modes (eg, enable, configure, admin-configure mode)
• rejected commands, command error detections
• value-add stateful services (specific to the platform)

and is extensible: platform supports and services are implemented via open-source plugins.

Unicon is the standard, go-to CLI connection implementation for Cisco pyATS framework.

This package was initially developed internally in Cisco, and is now released to the general public starting late 2017 through Cisco DevNet.

https://developer.cisco.com/pyats/

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: User Guide

    user_guide/introduction
    user_guide/supported_platforms
    user_guide/connection
    user_guide/passwords
    user_guide/proxy
    user_guide/services/index
    user_guide/services/service_dialogs
    robot/index

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Developer Guide

    playback/index
    developer_guide/plugins
    developer_guide/service_framework
    developer_guide/eal
    developer_guide/statemachine
    developer_guide/unittests

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 2
    :caption: Resources

    api/modules
    changelog/index
    changelog_plugins/index

.. sectionauthor:: ATS Team