prime-renameAP

What does it do?

Introduction

Search and rename multiple accesspoints in Cisco Prime Infrastructure (tested with PI 3.4.1).
Upon execution the script will loop each row and search Cisco Prime for the mac-adress provided. In this case, accesspoint with mac-adress 00:00:00:00:00:01 will be renamed Main_AP01.

LDAP

Yep, LDAP is integrated. To be able to login, the ldap user must be member of the group specified in project/item/views.py. The LDAP connection settings can be found in instance/flask.cfg.

Why?

Most Cisco Prime Infrastructures are set up to automatically detect new accesspoints being plugged into the network. When Prime detects a new accesspoint being plugged in, it receives a name in the webgui (AP000000000001) for later placement in the building/floor planning view.

This script will change the AP name so it's easier to find and monitor... obviously.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:dunderrrrrr/prime-renameap.git
mkvirtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 prime-renameAP
pip install -r requirements.txt
mkdir instance
nano instance/flask.cfg

Place this in instance/flask.cfg. Make sure to get all settings right.

import os

# grab the folder of the top-level directory of this project
BASEDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
TOP_LEVEL_DIR = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)

# Update later by using a random number generator and moving
SECRET_KEY = 'secret_key'
WTF_CSRF_ENABLED = True
DEBUG = True

LDAP_HOST = 'ldap.host'
LDAP_BASE_DN = 'OU=Main OU,DC=main,DC=x'
LDAP_USER_DN = ''
LDAP_GROUP_DN = ''
LDAP_USER_RDN_ATTR = 'cn'
LDAP_USER_LOGIN_ATTR = 'sAMAccountName'
LDAP_BIND_USER_DN = 'CN=adaccountusername,OU=Users,OU=Accounts,OU=Others,OU=Main OU,DC=main'
LDAP_BIND_USER_PASSWORD = ''
LDAP_USER_SEARCH_SCOPE = 'SUBTREE'

Change prime settings in

project/item/views.py

Start FLASK and grab a coffee.

export FLASK_APP=run.py
export FLASK_DEBUG=True
flask run