netforge

Bidirectional converter between HP Comware and AlliedWare Plus network switch configurations.

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Installation

pip install netforge

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CLI usage

Single file

# HP Comware -> AlliedWare Plus
netforge switch.txt --to allied

# AlliedWare Plus -> HP Comware, write to file
netforge switch.txt --to hp --output out.txt

# Override auto-detection
netforge switch.txt --from hp --to allied

Batch (directory)

netforge configs/ --to allied --output converted/

All .txt and .cfg files in configs/ are converted. Results land in converted/.

stdin

cat switch.txt | netforge --to allied
ssh admin@switch "display current-configuration" | netforge --from hp --to allied

Detect vendor

netforge switch.txt --detect
# switch.txt: HP Comware (hp)

Report

netforge switch.txt --to allied --report
# prints IR summary (hostname, VLANs, interfaces, AAA schemes) to stderr
# converted config goes to stdout

Version

netforge --version

Exit codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
1	Conversion / parsing error
2	Bad arguments / usage error
3	Vendor detection ambiguous or failed

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Python library

import netforge

# Auto-detect source vendor and convert
allied_config = netforge.convert(hp_config_text, to="allied")
hp_config     = netforge.convert(allied_config_text, to="hp")

# Force source vendor
allied_config = netforge.convert(text, to="allied", from_vendor="hp")

# Detect only
vendor = netforge.detect_vendor(text)   # "hp" or "allied"

Lower-level API

from netforge.parsers.hp import HPParser
from netforge.renderers.allied import AlliedRenderer

model = HPParser().parse(raw_text)        # UniversalConfig (dataclass IR)
print(model.hostname, model.vlans)

output = AlliedRenderer().render(model)

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Supported features

Feature	HP Comware	AlliedWare Plus
Hostname	sysname	hostname
VLANs	vlan <id> + name block	vlan database
Access port	port access vlan <id>	switchport access vlan <id>
Trunk port	port link-type trunk	switchport mode trunk
SVI	interface Vlan-interface<id>	interface vlan<id>
Interface name	GigabitEthernet1/0/1	port1.0.1
Static routes	ip route-static	ip route
RADIUS	named scheme block	radius-server host inline
TACACS+	named scheme block	tacacs-server host inline
SSH	ssh server enable	service ssh
NTP	ntp-service unicast-server	ntp server
Syslog	info-center loghost	log host
dot1x	dot1x per interface	dot1x port-control auto
MAC auth	mac-authentication	auth-mac enable
STP edge	stp edged-port	spanning-tree edgeport
LLDP	lldp global enable	lldp run
SNMP	snmp-agent	snmp-server enable
DNS	dns server + dns domain	ip name-server + ip domain-name
VTY lines	line vty + authentication-mode	line vty + transport input
Local users	local-user + password hash	username + password 8

Key placeholders

Encrypted secrets are never carried across vendors. The converter emits human-readable placeholders that the Key Manager can replace:

• TACACS / RADIUS keys: <REPLACE_KEY_10_0_0_10>
• User passwords: <REPLACE_PASSWORD_admin>

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Contributing

1. Fork the repository and create a feature branch.
2. Add your feature to the IR (models.py), both parsers, both renderers.
3. Add fixture lines to tests/fixtures/hp_sample.txt and allied_sample.txt.
4. Write tests in tests/test_hp_parser.py, test_allied_parser.py, test_renderers.py.
5. Run pytest tests/ -v — all tests must pass.
6. Open a pull request.

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest tests/ -v --tb=short

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Changelog

See GitHub Releases for full history.

v1.1.0

• Fix hostname parsing on indented HP Comware configs
• Fix SSH, SNMP v3, static routes not converted
• Fix AAA duplicates and wrong suffixes
• Fix VTY lines format
• Add no service http / no service telnet systematically
• Fix UnicodeEncodeError on Windows

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License

MIT