[j-nsp] NETCONF <get-config> vs. <get-configuration>

[Chuck Anderson]

No, I'm trying to have the router do the compare server-side.

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 02:52:42PM -0500, Tim Jackson wrote:
> Have you just tried to just compare source=>running to source=>candidate
> from get_config?
> 
> --
> Tim
> 
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Using NETCONF with Perl Net::Netconf::Manager, I'm trying to get the
> > candidate configuration to see what changed before issuing a commit
> > request so I can avoid "empty" commits after doing a "replace"
> > operation on a subtree.  I see that NETCONF defines a standard
> > <get-config> call, and I believe <get-configuration> is a
> > legacy/proprietary Junos call.  There is a <get-config> example in the
> > documentation, but there doesn't appear to be a way to see what was
> > changed in the candidate config vs. the committed config:
> >
> > https://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos16.1/
> > topics/task/program/netconf-perl-client-application-
> > submitting-requests.html
> >
> > The API call I want to make is documented here:
> >
> > https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos14.1/
> > topics/reference/tag-summary/netconf-junos-xml-protocol-
> > get-configuration.html
> >
> > But I can't for the life of me figure out how to pass the various
> > attributes inside the <get-configuration> tag with Perl.  How does one
> > map the attributes INSIDE a tag to the Perl API call as below?
> >
> > <get-configuration changed="changed" compare="rollback"
> > database="candidate">
> >
> > This doesn't work:
> >
> > $res = $jnx->get_configuration(changed => 'changed', compare =>
> > 'rollback', database => 'candidate');
> >
> > because that generates this:
> >
> > <rpc message-id='2'>
> >   <get-configuration>
> >     <database>candidate</database>
> >     <compare>rollback</compare>
> >     <changed>changed</changed>
> >   </get-configuration>
> > </rpc>
> >
> > when I need it to be this:
> >
> > <rpc message-id='2'>
> >   <get-configuration database="candidate" compare="rollback"
> > changed="changed">
> >   </get-configuration>
> > </rpc>
> >
> > Thanks.