Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

The eAPI preparation

The eAPI agent on the Arista device is disabled by default, so we will need to enable it on the device before we can use it:

arista1(config)#management api http-commandsarista1(config-mgmt-api-http-cmds)#no shutarista1(config-mgmt-api-http-cmds)#protocol https port 443arista1(config-mgmt-api-http-cmds)#no protocol httparista1(config-mgmt-api-http-cmds)#vrf management

As you can see, we have turned off the HTTP server and are using HTTPS as the sole transport instead. Starting from a few EOS versions ago, the management interfaces, by default, reside in a VRF called management. In my topology, I am accessing the device via the management interface; therefore, I have specified the VRF for eAPI management. You can check ...