Controller 1.3.0

1.3.0

30 January 2025

The controller 1.3 release features device RPCs, device-groups, and show device state as well as cycle optimization.

New features

• New: device-groups to be first level objects
  • Use device-groups when connecting, pull, push and show
• Optimization Performance: commit takes long time with many devices
  • Avoid copy in compare/diff
  • Optimized strip service at commit
• Show device state
  • New CLI show device state command
  • See CLI show state does not return device state (config false) data
• Execute arbitrary device RPCs using templates
  • see: Execute arbitrary RPC commands
  • docs: https://clixon-controller-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cli.html#rpc-templates

API changes on existing protocol/config features

• New clixon-controller-config@2024-11-01.yang revision
  • Changed RPC input parameter parameter name devname -> device:
    • config-pull
    • controller-commit
    • connection-change
    • get-device-config
    • datastore-diff
    • device-template-apply
    • This applies to any "raw" NETCONF RPC:s, CLI code is updated
  • Changed default device-common/port to 830
  • Added hide-show extension to created container
  • Added device-generic-rpc

Corrected Bugs

• Fixed: Not possible to remove service if "ctrl:created-by-service" is located in the top of the YANG specification
• Fixed: Running undefined RPC towards a device closes connection
• Fixed: RPC commit diff problem
• Fixed: CLI: default format text | display
• Fixed: CLI: Don't show ... tags by default
• Fixed: YANG domains: issues if devices in different domains have identical schemas
• Fixed: Generalize default autocli.xml file
• Fixed: Commit without changes results in weird diff