Network Working Group A. Bierman
Internet-Draft YumaWorks
Intended status: Standards Track M. Bjorklund
Expires: April 20, 2016 Tail-f Systems
K. Watsen
Juniper Networks
October 18, 2015
YANG Module Library
draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-02
Abstract
This document describes a YANG library, which provides information
about all the YANG modules used by a device to represent management
and protocol information. A YANG library can be shared by multiple
protocols within the same device. Simple caching mechanisms are
needed to allow clients to minimize retrieval of this information.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.1. NETCONF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.2. YANG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.3. Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.4. Tree Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. YANG Module Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. modules/module-set-id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.2. modules/module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. YANG Library Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1. YANG Module Registry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Appendix A. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A.1. 01 to 02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A.2. 00 to 01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
A.3. draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-03 to 00 . . . . . . . . . . 12
Appendix B. Open Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1. Introduction
There is a need for standard mechanisms to identify the YANG modules
and submodules that are in use by a server that utilizes YANG-based
data abstractions. If a large number of YANG modules are utilized by
the server, then the YANG library information needed can be
relatively large. This information changes very infrequently, so it
is important that clients be able to cache the YANG library and
easily identify if their cache is out-of-date.
YANG library information can be different on every server, and can
change at run-time or across a server reboot. Typically, a firmware
upgrade is required to change the set of YANG modules used by a
server.
The following information is needed by a client application (for each
YANG module in the library) to fully utilize the YANG data modeling
language:
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o name: The mandatory YANG module name MUST be unique within a YANG
library.
o revision: Each YANG module and submodule within the library has a
revision. This is derived from the most recent revision statement
within the module or submodule. If no such revision statement
exists, the module's or submodule's revision is the empty string.
o submodule list: The name and revision of each submodule used by
the module MUST be identified.
o feature list: The name of each YANG feature supported by the
server MUST be identified.
o deviation list: The name of each YANG module used for deviation
statements SHOULD be identified.
1.1. Terminology
The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14, [RFC2119].
1.1.1. NETCONF
The following terms are defined in [RFC6241]:
o client
o server
1.1.2. YANG
The following terms are defined in [RFC6020]:
o module
o submodule
1.1.3. Terms
The following terms are used within this document:
o YANG library: a collection of YANG modules and submodules used by
a server
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1.1.4. Tree Diagrams
A simplified graphical representation of the data model is used in
this document. The meaning of the symbols in these diagrams is as
follows:
o Brackets "[" and "]" enclose list keys.
o Abbreviations before data node names: "rw" means configuration
data (read-write) and "ro" state data (read-only).
o Symbols after data node names: "?" means an optional node, "!"
means a presence container, and "*" denotes a list and leaf-list.
o Parentheses enclose choice and case nodes, and case nodes are also
marked with a colon (":").
o Ellipsis ("...") stands for contents of subtrees that are not
shown.
2. YANG Module Library
The "ietf-yang-library" module provides information about the YANG
library used by a server.
YANG Tree Diagram for "ietf-yang-library" module:
+--ro modules
+--ro module-set-id string
+--ro module* [name revision]
+--ro name yang:yang-identifier
+--ro revision union
+--ro schema? inet:uri
+--ro namespace inet:uri
+--ro feature* yang:yang-identifier
+--ro deviation* [name revision]
| +--ro name yang:yang-identifier
| +--ro revision union
+--ro conformance enumeration
+--ro submodules
+--ro submodule* [name revision]
+--ro name yang:yang-identifier
+--ro revision union
+--ro schema? inet:uri
2.1. modules
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This mandatory container holds the identifiers for the YANG data
model modules supported by the server.
2.1.1. modules/module-set-id
This mandatory leaf contains a unique implementation-specific
identifier representing the current set of modules and submodules.
This can for example be a checksum of all modules and submodules.
This leaf allows a client to fetch the module list once, cache them,
and only re-fetch them if the value of this leaf has been changed.
2.1.2. modules/module
This mandatory list contains one entry for each YANG data model
module supported by the server. There MUST be an entry in this list
for every YANG module that is used by the server.
2.2. YANG Library Module
The "ietf-yang-library" module defines monitoring information for the
YANG modules used by a server.
The "ietf-yang-types" and "ietf-inet-types" modules from [RFC6991]
are used by this module for some type definitions.
RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication and
remove this note.
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-library@2015-10-18.yang"
module ietf-yang-library {
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library";
prefix "yanglib";
import ietf-yang-types {
prefix yang;
}
import ietf-inet-types {
prefix inet;
}
organization
"IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
WG List: <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>
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WG Chair: Mehmet Ersue
<mailto:mehmet.ersue@nsn.com>
WG Chair: Mahesh Jethanandani
<mailto:mjethanandani@gmail.com>
Editor: Andy Bierman
<mailto:andy@yumaworks.com>
Editor: Martin Bjorklund
<mailto:mbj@tail-f.com>
Editor: Kent Watsen
<mailto:kwatsen@juniper.net>";
description
"This module contains monitoring information about the YANG
modules and submodules that are used within a YANG-based
server.
Copyright (c) 2015 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
authors of the code. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject
to the license terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License
set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
Relating to IETF Documents
(http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).
This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see
the RFC itself for full legal notices.";
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
// note.
// RFC Ed.: remove this note
// Note: extracted from draft-ietf-netconf-yang-library-02.txt
// RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
// and remove this note.
revision 2015-10-18 {
description
"Initial revision.";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Module Library.";
}
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typedef revision-identifier {
type string {
pattern '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}';
}
description
"Represents a specific date in YYYY-MM-DD format.";
}
grouping module {
description
"The module data structure is represented as a grouping
so it can be reused in configuration or another monitoring
data structure.";
grouping common-leafs {
description
"Common parameters for YANG modules and submodules.";
leaf name {
type yang:yang-identifier;
description
"The YANG module or submodule name.";
}
leaf revision {
type union {
type revision-identifier;
type string { length 0; }
}
description
"The YANG module or submodule revision date.
An empty string is used if no revision statement
is present in the YANG module or submodule.";
}
}
grouping schema-leaf {
description
"Common schema leaf parameter for modules and submodules.";
leaf schema {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents the YANG schema
resource for this module or submodule.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.";
}
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}
list module {
key "name revision";
description
"Each entry represents one module currently
supported by the server.";
uses common-leafs;
uses schema-leaf;
leaf namespace {
type inet:uri;
mandatory true;
description
"The XML namespace identifier for this module.";
}
leaf-list feature {
type yang:yang-identifier;
description
"List of YANG feature names from this module that are
supported by the server.";
}
list deviation {
key "name revision";
description
"List of YANG deviation module names and revisions
used by this server to modify the conformance of
the module associated with this entry. Note that
the same module can be used for deviations for
multiple modules, so the same entry MAY appear
within multiple 'module' entries.
If the deviation module is available for download
from the server then a 'module' entry for that module
will exist, with the same name and revision values.
The 'conformance' value will be 'implement' for
the deviation module.";
uses common-leafs;
}
leaf conformance {
type enumeration {
enum implement {
description
"Indicates the server implements one or more
protocol-accessible objects defined in the
YANG module identified in this entry. This includes
deviation statements defined in the module.
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For YANG 1.1 modules, there MUST NOT be more than
one module entry for a particular module name.
For YANG 1.1 modules that use the import statement
without specifying a revision date, the implemented
revision of the imported module MUST be used.
If the imported module is not implemented, then
the most recent revision of the imported module
used by the server (and contained in the module list)
MUST be used.
For YANG 1.0 modules, there SHOULD NOT be more than
one module entry for a particular module name.";
}
enum import {
description
"Indicates the server imports reusable definitions from
the specified revision of the module, but does not
implement any protocol accessible objects from this
revision.
Multiple module entries for the same module name MAY
exist. This can occur if multiple modules import the
same module, but specify different revision-dates in
the import statements.
For import statements that do not specify a revision
date, the most recent revision in the library SHOULD
be used by the server.";
}
}
mandatory true;
description
"Indicates the type of conformance the server is claiming
for the YANG module identified by this entry.";
}
container submodules {
description
"Contains information about all the submodules used
by the parent module entry";
list submodule {
key "name revision";
description
"Each entry represents one submodule within the
parent module.";
uses common-leafs;
uses schema-leaf;
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}
}
} // list module
} // grouping module
container modules {
config false;
description
"Contains YANG module monitoring information.";
leaf module-set-id {
type string;
mandatory true;
description
"Contains a server-specific identifier representing
the current set of modules and submodules. The
server MUST change the value of this leaf if the
information represented by the 'module' list instances
has changed.";
}
uses module;
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
3. IANA Considerations
3.1. YANG Module Registry
This document registers one URI in the IETF XML registry [RFC3688].
Following the format in RFC 3688, the following registration is
requested to be made.
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library
Registrant Contact: The NETMOD WG of the IETF.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
This document registers one YANG module in the YANG Module Names
registry [RFC6020].
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name: ietf-yang-library
namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-library
prefix: yanglib
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with RFC number and remove this note
reference: RFC XXXX
4. Security Considerations
The YANG module defined in this memo is designed to be accessed via
the NETCONF protocol [RFC6241]. The lowest NETCONF layer is the
secure transport layer and the mandatory-to-implement secure
transport is SSH [RFC6242].
Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered
sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus
important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or
notification) to these data nodes. These are the subtrees and data
nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability:
o /modules/module: The module list used in a server implementation
may help an attacker identify the server capabilities and server
implementations with known bugs. Server vulnerabilities may be
specific to particular modules, module revisions, module features,
or even module deviations. This information is included in each
module entry. For example, if a particular operation on a
particular data node is known to cause a server to crash or
significantly degrade device performance, then the module list
information will help an attacker identify server implementations
with such a defect, in order to launch a denial of service attack
on the device.
5. Acknowledgements
Contributions to this material by Andy Bierman are based upon work
supported by the The Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate
(S&TCD) under Contract No. W15P7T-13-C-A616. Any opinions, findings
and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of
The Space & Terrestrial Communications Directorate (S&TCD).
6. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
January 2004.
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[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the
Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
October 2010.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
(NETCONF)", RFC 6241, June 2011.
[RFC6242] Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, June 2011.
[RFC6991] Schoenwaelder, J., "Common YANG Data Types", RFC 6991,
July 2013.
Appendix A. Change Log
-- RFC Ed.: remove this section before publication.
A.1. 01 to 02
o clarify 'implement' conformance for YANG 1.1 modules
A.2. 00 to 01
o change conformance leaf to enumeration
o filled in security considerations section
A.3. draft-ietf-netconf-restconf-03 to 00
o moved ietf-yang-library from RESTCONF draft to new draft
Appendix B. Open Issues
-- RFC Ed.: remove this section before publication.
The YANG Library issue tracker can be found here:
https://github.com/netconf-wg/yang-library/issues
Authors' Addresses
Andy Bierman
YumaWorks
Email: andy@yumaworks.com
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Martin Bjorklund
Tail-f Systems
Email: mbj@tail-f.com
Kent Watsen
Juniper Networks
Email: kwatsen@juniper.net
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