Network Working Group R. Wilton
Internet-Draft Cisco Systems, Inc.
Intended status: Standards Track October 23, 2019
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YANG Packages
draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages-02
Abstract
This document defines YANG packages, a versioned organizational
structure holding a set of related YANG modules, that collectively
define a YANG schema. It describes how YANG instance data documents
are used to define YANG packages, and how the YANG library
information published by a server can be augmented with packages
related information.
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Table of Contents
1. Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Background on YANG packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. YANG Package Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.1. Package definition rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2. Package versioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.2.1. Updating a package with a new version . . . . . . . . 8
5.2.1.1. Non-Backwards-compatible changes . . . . . . . . 8
5.2.1.2. Backwards-compatible changes . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2.1.3. Editorial changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.2.2. YANG Semantic Versioning for packages . . . . . . . . 9
5.2.3. Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3. Package conformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3.1. Use of YANG semantic versioning . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.3.2. Package checksums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.4. Schema referential completeness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5.5. Package name scoping and uniqueness . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.5.1. Globally scoped packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.5.2. Server scoped packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5.6. Submodules packages considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.7. Package tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. YANG Packages instance data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. YANG Packages additions to YANG library . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.1. Package List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.2. Binding from schema to package . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.3. Tree diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8. YANG Packages Groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9. YANG packages as schema for YANG instance data document . . . 18
10. YANG Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
12. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
13. Open Questions/Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
14. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
15. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
15.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
15.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Appendix A. Tree output for ietf-yang-library with package
augmentations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Appendix B. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
B.1. Example IETF Network Device YANG package . . . . . . . . 47
B.2. Example IETF Basic Routing YANG package . . . . . . . . . 50
B.3. Package import conflict resolution example . . . . . . . 53
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Appendix C. Possible alternative solutions . . . . . . . . . . . 56
C.1. Using module tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
C.2. Using YANG library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
1. Terminology and Conventions
The key words "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] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
This document uses terminology introduced in the YANG versioning
requirements draft [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs].
This document also makes of the following terminology introduced in
the Network Management Datastore Architecture [RFC8342]:
o datastore schema
This document also makes of the following terminology introduced in
the YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language [RFC7950]:
o data node
In addition, this document defines the following terminology:
o YANG schema: A datastore schema, not bound to any particular
datastore.
o YANG package: An organizational structure holding a collection of
YANG modules related by some common purpose, normally defined in a
YANG instance data file. A YANG package defines a YANG schema by
specifying a set of YANG modules revisions, package versions,
mandatory features, and deviations. YANG packages are defined in
Section 5.
o backwards-compatible (BC) change: When used in the context of a
YANG module, it follows the definition in Section 3.1.1 of
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-module-versioning]. When used in the
context of a YANG package, it follows the definition in
Section 5.2.1.2.
o non-backwards-compatible (NBC) change: When used in the context of
a YANG module, it follows the definition in Section 3.1.2 of
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-module-versioning]. When used in the
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context of a YANG package, it follows the definition in
Section 5.2.1.2.
o editorial change: When used in the context of a YANG module, it
follows the definition of an 'editorial change' in 3.2 of
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-semver]. When used in the context of a
YANG package, it follows the definition in Section 5.2.1.3.
2. Introduction
This document defines and describes the YANG [RFC7950] constructs
that are used to define and use YANG packages.
A YANG package is an organizational structure that groups a set of
YANG modules together into a consistent versioned definition to serve
a common purpose. For example, a YANG package could define the set
of YANG modules required to implement an L2VPN service on a network
device. YANG packages can themselves refer to, and reuse, other
package definitions.
Non-normative examples of YANG packages are provided in the
appendices.
3. Background on YANG packages
It has long been acknowledged within the YANG community that network
management using YANG requires a unit of organization and conformance
that is broader in scope than individual YANG modules.
'The YANG Package Statement' [I-D.bierman-netmod-yang-package]
proposed a YANG package mechanism based on new YANG language
statements, where a YANG package is defined in a file similar to how
YANG modules are defined, and would require enhancements to YANG
compilers to understand the new statements used to define packages.
OpenConfig [openconfigsemver] describes an approach to versioning
'bundle releases' based on git tags. I.e. a set of modules, at
particular versions, can be marked with the same release tag to
indicate that they are known to interoperate together.
The NETMOD WG in general, and the YANG versioning design team in
particular, are exploring solutions [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-solutions]
to the YANG versioning requirements,
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs]. Solutions to the versioning
requirements can be split into several distinct areas.
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-module-versioning] is focused on YANG
versioning scoped to individual modules. The overall solution must
also consider YANG versioning and conformance scoped to YANG schema.
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YANG packages provide part of the solution for versioning YANG
schema.
4. Objectives
The main goals of YANG package definitions include, but are not
restricted to:
o To provide an alternative, simplified, YANG conformance mechanism.
Rather than conformance being performed against a set of
individual YANG module revisions, features, and deviations,
conformance can be more simply stated in terms of YANG packages,
with a set of modifications (e.g. additional modules, deviations,
or features).
o To allow YANG schema to be specified in a concise way rather than
having each server explicitly list all modules, revisions, and
features. YANG package definitions can be defined in documents
that are available offline, and accessible via a URL, rather than
requiring explicit lists of modules to be shared between client
and server. Hence, a YANG package must contain sufficient
information to allow a client or server to precisely construct the
schema associated with the package.
o To define a mainly linear versioned history of sets of modules
versions that are known to work together. I.e. to help mitigate
the problem where a client must manage devices from multiple
vendors, and vendor A implements version 1.0.0 of module foo and
version 2.0.0 of module bar, and vendor B implements version 2.0.0
of module foo and version 1.0.0 of module bar. For a client,
trying to interoperate with multiple vendors, and many YANG
modules, finding a consistent lowest common denominator set of
YANG module versions may be difficult, if not impossible.
Protocol mechanisms of how clients can negotiate which packages or
package versions are to be used for NETCONF/RESTCONF communications
are outside the scope of this document, and are defined in
[I-D.wilton-netmod-yang-ver-selection].
Finally, the package definitions proposed by this document are
intended to be relatively basic in their definition and the
functionality that they support. As industry gains experience using
YANG packages, the standard YANG mechanisms of updating, or
augmenting, YANG modules could also be used to extend the
functionality supported by YANG packages, if required.
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5. YANG Package Definition
This document specifies an approach to defining YANG packages that is
different to either of the approaches described in the background.
A YANG package is a versioned organizational structure defining a set
of related YANG modules, packages, features, and deviations. A YANG
package collectively defines a YANG schema.
Each YANG package has a name that SHOULD end with the suffix "-pkg".
Package names are normally expected to be globally unique, but in
some cases the package name may be locally scoped to a server or
device, as described in Section 5.5.
YANG packages are versioned using the same approaches described in
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-module-versioning] and
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-semver]. This is described in further detail
in Section 5.2.
Each YANG package version, defines:
some metadata about the package, e.g., description, tags, scoping,
referential completeness, location information.
a set of YANG modules, at particular revisions, that are
implemented by servers that implement the package. The modules
may contain deviations.
a set of import-only YANG modules, at particular revisions, that
are used 'import-only' by the servers that implement the package.
a set of included YANG packages, at particular revisions, that are
also implemented by servers that implement the package.
a set of YANG module features that must be supported by servers
that implement the package.
The structure for YANG package definitions uses existing YANG
language statements, YANG Data Structure Extensions
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-data-ext], and YANG Instance Data File Format
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format].
YANG package definitions are available offline in YANG Instance Data
Documents. Client applications can be designed to support particular
package versions that they expect to interoperate with.
YANG package definitions are available from the server, via
augmentations to YANG Library [RFC8525]. Rather than client
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applications downloading the entire contents of YANG library to
confirm that the server schema is compatible with the client, they
can check, or download, a much shorter YANG package definition, and
validate that it conforms to the expected schema.
YANG package definitions can also be used to define the schema
associated with YANG instance data documents holding other, e.g., non
packages related, instance data.
5.1. Package definition rules
The following rules define how packages are defined:
A YANG package MAY represent a complete YANG schema or only part
of a YANG schema with some module import dependencies missing, as
described in Section 5.4.
Packages definitions are hierarchical. A package can include
other packages. Only a single version of a package can be
included, and conflicting package includes (e.g. from descendant
package includes) MUST be explicitly resolved by indicating which
version takes precedence, and which versions are being replaced.
For each module implemented by a package, only a single revision
of that module MUST be implemented. Multiple revisions of a
module MAY be listed as import-only dependencies.
The revision of a module listed in the package 'module' list
supersedes any 'implemented' revision of the module listed in an
included package module list. The 'replaces-revision' leaf-list
is used to indicate which 'implemented' or 'import-only' module
revisions are replaces by this module revision. This allows a
package to explicitly resolve conflicts between implemented module
revisions in included packages.
The 'replaces-revision' leaf-list in the 'import-only-module' list
can be used to exclude duplicate revisions of import-only modules
from included packages. Otherwise, the import-only-modules for a
package are the import-only-modules from all included packages
combined with any modules listed in the packages import-only-
module list.
5.2. Package versioning
Individual versions of a YANG package are versioned using the
"revision-label" scheme defined in section 3.3 of
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-module-versioning].
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5.2.1. Updating a package with a new version
Package compatibility is fundamentally defined by how the YANG schema
between two package versions has changed.
When a package definition is updated, the version associated with the
package MUST be updated appropriately, taking into consideration the
scope of the changes as defined by the rules below.
A package definition SHOULD define the previous version of the
package in the 'previous-version' leaf unless it is the initial
version of the package. If the 'previous-version' leaf is provided
then the package definition MUST set the 'nbc-changes' leaf if the
new version is non-backwards-compatible with respect to the package
version defined in the 'previous-version' leaf.
5.2.1.1. Non-Backwards-compatible changes
The following changes classify as NBC changes to a package
definition:
Changing an 'included-package' list entry to select a package
version that is non-backwards-compatible to the prior package
version, or removing a previously included package.
Changing a 'module' or 'import-only-module' list entry to select a
module revision that is non-backwards-compatible to the prior
module revision, or removing a previously implemented module.
Removing a feature from the 'mandatory-feature' leaf-list.
Adding, changing, or removing a deviation that is considered a
non-backwards-compatible change to the affected data node in the
schema associated with the prior package version.
5.2.1.2. Backwards-compatible changes
The following changes classify as BC changes to a package definition:
Changing an 'included-package' list entry to select a package
version that is backwards-compatible to the prior package version,
or including a new package that does not conflict with any
existing included package or module.
Changing a 'module' or 'import-only-module' list entry to select a
module revision that is backwards-compatible to the prior module
revision, or including a new module to the package definition.
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Adding a feature to the 'mandatory-feature' leaf-list.
Adding, changing, or removing a deviation that is considered a
backwards-compatible change to the affected data node in the
schema associated with the prior package version.
5.2.1.3. Editorial changes
The following changes classify as editorial changes to a package
definition:
Changing a 'included-package' list entry to select a package
version that is classified as an editorial change relative to the
prior package version.
Changing a 'module' or 'import-only-module' list entry to select a
module revision that is classified as an editorial change relative
to the prior module revision.
Any change to any metadata associated with a package definition
that causes it to have a different checksum value.
5.2.2. YANG Semantic Versioning for packages
YANG Semantic Versioning [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-semver] MAY be used
as an appropriate type of revision-label for the package version
leaf.
If the format of the leaf matches the 'yangver:version' type
specified in ietf-yang-semver.yang, then the package version leaf
MUST be interpreted as a YANG semantic version number.
For YANG packages defined by the IETF, YANG semantic version numbers
MUST be used as the version scheme for YANG packages.
The rules for incrementing the YANG package version number are
equivalent to the semantic versioning rules used to version
individual YANG modules, defined in section 3.2 of
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-semver], but use the rules defined previously
in Section 5.2.1 to determine whether a change is classified as non-
backwards-compatible, backwards-compatible, or editorial. Where
available, the semantic version number of the referenced elements in
the package (included packages or modules) can be used to help
determine the scope of changes being made.
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5.2.3. Revision history
YANG packages do not contain a revision history. This is because
packages may have many revisions and a long revision history would
bloat the package definition. By recursively examining the
'previous-version' leaf of a package definition, a full revision
history (including where non-backwards-compatible changes have
occurred) can be dynamically constructed, if all package versions are
available.
5.3. Package conformance
YANG packages allows for conformance to be checked at a package level
rather than requiring a client to download all modules, revisions,
and deviations from the server to ensure that the datastore schema
used by the server is compatible with the client.
YANG package conformance is analogous to how YANG [RFC7950] requires
that servers either implement a module faithfully, or otherwise use
deviations to indicate areas of non-conformance.
For a top level package representing a datastore schema, servers MUST
implement the package definition faithfully, including all mandatory
features.
Package definitions MAY modify the schema for directly or
hierarchically included packages through the use of different module
revisions or module deviations. If the schema of any included
package is modified in a non-backwards-compatible way then it MUST be
indicated by setting the 'nbc-modified' leaf to true.
5.3.1. Use of YANG semantic versioning
Using the YANG semantic versioning scheme for package version numbers
and module revision labels can help with conformance. In the general
case, clients should be able to determine the nature of changes
between two package versions by comparing the version number.
This usually means that a client does not have to be restricted to
working only with servers that advertise exactly the same version of
a package in YANG library. Instead, reasonable clients should be
able to interoperate with any server that supports a package version
that is backwards compatible to version that the client is designed
for, assuming that the client is designed to ignore operational
values for unknown data nodes.
For example, a client coded to support 'foo' package at version 1.0.0
should interoperate with a server implementing 'foo' package at
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version 1.3.5, because the YANG semantic versioning rules require
that package version 1.3.5 is backwards compatible to version 1.0.0.
This also has a relevance on servers that are capable of supporting
version selection because they need not support every version of a
YANG package to ensure good client compatibility. Choosing suitable
minor versions within each major version number should generally be
sufficient, particular if they can avoid NBC patch level changes
(i.e. 'M' labeled versions).
5.3.2. Package checksums
Each YANG package definition may have a checksum associated with it
to allow a client to validate that the package definition of the
server matches the expected package definition without downloading
the full package definition from the server.
The checksum for a package is calculated using the SHA-256 hash (XXX,
reference) of the full file contents of the YANG package instance
data file. This means that the checksum includes all whitespace and
formatting, encoding, and all meta-data fields associated with the
package and the instance data document).
The checksum for a module is calculated using the SHA-256 hash of the
YANG module file definition. This means that the checksum includes
all whitespace, formatting, and comments within the YANG module.
Packages that are locally scoped to a server may not have an offline
instance data document available, and hence MAY not have a checksum.
The package definition allows URLs and checksums to be specified for
all included packages, modules and submodules within the package
definition. Checksums SHOULD be included in package definitions to
validate the full integrity of the package.
On a server, package checksums SHOULD also be provided for the top
level packages associated with the datastore schema.
5.4. Schema referential completeness
A YANG package may represent a schema that is 'referentially
complete', or 'referentially incomplete', indicated in the package
definition by the 'complete' flag.
If all import statements in all YANG modules included in the package
(either directly, or through included packages) can be resolved to a
module revision defined with the YANG package definition, then the
package is classified as referentially complete. Conversely, if one
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or more import statements cannot be resolved to a module specified as
part of the package definition, then the package is classified as
referentially incomplete.
A package that represents the exact contents of a datastore schema
MUST always be referentially complete.
Referentially incomplete packages can be used, along with locally
scoped packages, to represent an update to a device's datastore
schema as part of an optional software hot fix. E.g., the base
software is made available as a complete globally scoped package.
The hot fix is made available as an incomplete globally scoped
package. A device's datastore schema can define a local package that
implements the base software package updated with the hot fix
package.
Referentially incomplete packages could also be used to group sets of
logically related modules together, but without requiring a fixed
dependency on all imported 'types' modules (e.g., iana-if-
types.yang), instead leaving the choice of specific revisions of
'types' modules to be resolved when the package definition is used.
5.5. Package name scoping and uniqueness
YANG package names can be globally unique, or locally scoped to a
particular server or device.
5.5.1. Globally scoped packages
The name given to a package MUST be globally unique, and it MUST
include an appropriate organization prefix in the name, equivalent to
YANG module naming conventions.
Ideally a YANG instance data document defining a particular package
version would be publicly available at one or more URLs.
5.5.2. Server scoped packages
Package definitions may be scoped to a particular server by setting
the 'is-local' leaf to true in the package definition.
Locally scoped packages MAY have a package name that is not globally
unique.
Locally scoped packages MAY have a definition that is not available
offline from the server in a YANG instance data document.
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5.6. Submodules packages considerations
As defined in [RFC7950] and [I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-semver], YANG
conformance and versioning is specified in terms of particular
revisions of YANG modules rather than for individual submodules.
However, YANG package definitions also include the list of submodules
included by a module, primarily to provide a location of where the
submodule definition can be obtained from, allowing a YANG schema to
be fully constructed from a YANG package instance-data file
definition.
5.7. Package tags
[I-D.ietf-netmod-module-tags] defines YANG module tags as a mechanism
to annotate a module definition with additional metadata. Tags MAY
also be associated to a package definition via the 'tags' leaf-list.
The tags use the same registry and definitions used by YANG module
tags.
6. YANG Packages instance data
YANG packages SHOULD be defined as YANG instance data documents
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format] using the YANG schema
below to define the package data itself.
The format of the YANG package instance file MUST follow the
following rules:
The file SHOULD be encoded in JSON.
The name of the file SHOULD follow the format "<package-
name>@<version>.json".
The package name MUST be specified in both the instance-data-set
'name' and package 'name' leafs.
The 'description' field of the instance-data-set SHOULD be "YANG
package definition".
The 'timestamp', "organization', 'contact' fields are defined in
both the instance-data-set metadata and the YANG package metadata.
Package definitions SHOULD only define these fields as part of the
package definition. If any of these fields are populated in the
instance-data-set metadata then they MUST contain the same value
as the corresponding leaves in the package definition.
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The 'revision' list in the instance data document SHOULD NOT be
used, since versioning is handled by the package definition.
The instance data document for each version of a YANG package
SHOULD be made available at one of more locations accessible via
URLs. If one of the listed locations defines a definitive
reference implementation for the package definition then it MUST
be listed as the first entry in the list.
The "ietf-yang-package" YANG module has the following structure:
module: ietf-yang-package
structure package:
+-- name pkg-identifier
+-- version rev:revision-label
+-- timestamp? yang:date-and-time
+-- organization? string
+-- contact? string
+-- description? string
+-- reference? string
+-- location* inet:uri
+-- complete? boolean
+-- local? boolean
+-- previous-version? rev:revision-label
+-- nbc-changes? boolean
+-- tag* tags:tag
+-- mandatory-feature* scoped-feature
+-- included-package* [name version]
| +-- name pkg-identifier
| +-- version rev:revision-label
| +-- replaces-version* rev:revision-label
| +-- nbc-modified? boolean
| +-- location* inet:uri
| +-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
+-- module* [name]
| +-- name yang:yang-identifier
| +-- revision? rev:revision-date-or-label
| +-- replaces-revision* rev:revision-date-or-label
| +-- namespace? inet:uri
| +-- location* inet:uri
| +-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
| +-- submodule* [name]
| +-- name yang:yang-identifier
| +-- revision rev:revision-identifier
| +-- location* inet:uri
| +-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
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+-- import-only-module* [name revision]
+-- name yang:yang-identifier
+-- revision rev:revision-date-or-label
+-- replaces-revision* rev:revision-date-or-label
+-- namespace? inet:uri
+-- location* inet:uri
+-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
+-- submodule* [name]
+-- name yang:yang-identifier
+-- revision rev:revision-identifier
+-- location* inet:uri
+-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
7. YANG Packages additions to YANG library
7.1. Package List
The main addition is a top level 'yang-library/package' list that
lists all versions of all packages known to the server. Each package
defines a potentially incomplete YANG schema, built from included
packages and module-sets. The use of module-sets allows the module
definitions to be shared with the existing YANG library schema
definitions. The existing rule of RFC 7995bis related to combining
modules-sets also applies here, i.e. The combined set of modules
defined by the module-sets MUST NOT contain modules implemented at
different revisions. I.e. the module-sets leaf-list is directly
equivalent to the explicit module and import-only-module lists in the
instance data YANG package definition.
The 'yang-library/package' list MAY include multiple versions of a
particular package. E.g. if the server is capable of allowing
clients to select which package versions should be used by the
server.
7.2. Binding from schema to package
The second augmentation is to allow a server to optionally indicate
that a schema definition directly relates to a package. Since YANG
packages are available offline, it may be sufficient for a client to
only check that a compatible version of the YANG package is being
implemented by the server without fetching and comparing the full
module list.
If a server indicates that its schema maps to a particular package
then it MUST support all features listed in the mandatory-feature
list defined as part of that package, and it MUST NOT have any non-
backwards-compatible deviations to the modules defined by the
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package. A server MAY implement features not specified in the
package's mandatory-feature list.
If a server cannot faithfully implement a package then it can define
a new package to accurately report what it does implement. The new
package can include the original package as an included package, and
the new package can define additional modules containing deviations
to the modules in the original package, allowing the new package to
accurately describe the server behavior. There is no specific
mechanism provided to indicate that a mandatory-feature is not
supported on a server, but deviations MAY be used to disable
functionality predicated by an if-feature statement.
7.3. Tree diagram
The "ietf-yang-library-packages" YANG module has the following
structure:
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module: ietf-yl-packages
augment /yanglib:yang-library:
+--ro package* [name version]
+--ro name pkg-identifier
+--ro version rev:revision-label
+--ro timestamp? yang:date-and-time
+--ro organization? string
+--ro contact? string
+--ro description? string
+--ro reference? string
+--ro location* inet:uri
+--ro complete? boolean
+--ro local? boolean
+--ro previous-version? rev:revision-label
+--ro nbc-changes? boolean
+--ro tag* tags:tag
+--ro mandatory-feature* scoped-feature
+--ro included-package* [name version]
| +--ro name pkg-identifier
| +--ro version rev:revision-label
| +--ro replaces-version* rev:revision-label
| +--ro nbc-modified? boolean
| +--ro location* inet:uri
| +--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
+--ro module-set*
| -> /yanglib:yang-library/module-set/name
+--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:schema:
+--ro package
+--ro name?
| -> /yanglib:yang-library/package/name
+--ro version? leafref
+--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
+--ro supported-optional-feature* pkg-types:scoped-feature
augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:module:
+--ro replaces-revision* rev:revision-date-or-label
+--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:module
/yanglib:submodule:
+--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set
/yanglib:import-only-module:
+--ro replaces-revision* rev:revision-date-or-label
+--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
augment /yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set
/yanglib:import-only-module/yanglib:submodule:
+--ro checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
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8. YANG Packages Groupings
Groupings for YANG packages related constructs are provided in a
'types' module for use by the instance-data and YANG library
constructs described previously. They are also available to be used
by other modules that have a need for YANG packages information.
The "ietf-yang-package-types" YANG module has the following
structure:
module: ietf-yang-package-types
grouping yang-pkg-identification-leafs
+-- name pkg-identifier
+-- version rev:revision-label
grouping yang-pkg-common-leafs
+-- timestamp? yang:date-and-time
+-- organization? string
+-- contact? string
+-- description? string
+-- reference? string
+-- location* inet:uri
+-- complete? boolean
+-- local? boolean
+-- previous-version? rev:revision-label
+-- nbc-changes? boolean
+-- tag* tags:tag
+-- mandatory-feature* scoped-feature
+-- included-package* [name version]
+-- name pkg-identifier
+-- version rev:revision-label
+-- replaces-version* rev:revision-label
+-- nbc-modified? boolean
+-- location* inet:uri
+-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
9. YANG packages as schema for YANG instance data document
YANG package definitions can be used as the schema definition for
YANG instance data documents. When using a package schema, the name
of the package MUST be specified, a package checksum and/or URL to
the package definition MAY also be provided.
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The "ietf-yang-inst-data-pkg" YANG module has the following
structure:
module: ietf-yang-inst-data-pkg
augment-structure /yid:instance-data-set/yid:content-schema-spec:
+--:(pkg-schema)
+-- pkg-schema
+-- package pkg-types:pkg-identifier
+-- location* inet:uri
+-- checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
10. YANG Modules
The YANG module definitions for the modules described in the previous
sections.
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-package-types@2019-09-11.yang"
module ietf-yang-package-types {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package-types";
prefix "pkg-types";
import ietf-yang-revisions {
prefix rev;
reference "XXXX: Updated YANG Module Revision Handling";
}
import ietf-yang-types {
prefix yang;
rev:revision-or-derived 2013-07-15;
reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
}
import ietf-inet-types {
prefix inet;
reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
}
import ietf-module-tags {
prefix tags;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Module Tags.";
}
organization
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"IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Author: Rob Wilton
<mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";
description
"This module provides type and grouping definitions for YANG
packages.
Copyright (c) 2019 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.
The key words '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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";
// RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
// and remove this note.
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
// note.
revision 2019-09-11 {
rev:revision-label 0.1.0;
description
"Initial revision";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Packages";
}
/*
* Typedefs
*/
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typedef pkg-identifier {
type yang:yang-identifier;
description
"Package identifiers are typed as YANG identifiers.";
}
typedef scoped-feature {
type string {
pattern '[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]*:[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9\-_.]*';
}
description
"Represents a feature name scoped to a particular module,
identified as the '<module-name>:<feature-name>', where both
<module-name> and <feature-name> are YANG identifier strings,
as defiend by Section 12 or RFC 6020.";
reference
"RFC XXXX, YANG Packages.";
}
typedef sha-256-hash {
type string {
length "64";
pattern "[0-9a-fA-F]*";
}
description
"A SHA-256 hash represented as a hexadecimal string.
Used as the checksum for modules, submodules and packages in a
YANG package definition.
For modules and submodules the SHA-256 hash is calculated on
the contents of the YANG file defining the module/submodule.
For packages the SHA-256 hash is calculated on the file
containing the YANG instance data document holding the package
definition";
}
/*
* Groupings
*/
grouping yang-pkg-identification-leafs {
description
"Parameters for identifying a specific version of a YANG
package";
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leaf name {
type pkg-identifier;
mandatory true;
description
"The YANG package name.";
}
leaf version {
type rev:revision-label;
mandatory true;
description
"Uniquely identies a particular version of a YANG package.
Follows the definition for revision labels defined in
draft-verdt-nemod-yang-module-versioning, section XXX";
}
}
grouping yang-pkg-common-leafs {
description
"Defines definitions common to all YANG package definitions.";
leaf timestamp {
type yang:date-and-time;
description
"An optional timestamp for when this package was created.
This does not need to be unique across all versions of a
package.";
}
leaf organization {
type string;
description "Organization responsible for this package";
}
leaf contact {
type string;
description
"Contact information for the person or organization to whom
queries concerning this package should be sent.";
}
leaf description {
type string;
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description "Provides a description of the package";
}
leaf reference {
type string;
description "Allows for a reference for the package";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents where an instance data file
for this YANG package can be found.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.
If multiple locations are provided, then the first location
in the leaf-list MUST be the definitive location that
uniquely identifies this package";
}
leaf complete {
type boolean;
default true;
description
"Indicates whether the schema defined by this package is
referentially complete. I.e. all module imports can be
resolved to a module explicitly defined in this package or
one of the included packages.";
}
leaf local {
type boolean;
default false;
description
"Defines that the package definition is local to the server,
and the name of the package MAY not be unique, and the
package definition MAY not be available in an offline file.
Local packages can be used when the schema for the device
can be changed at runtime through the addition or removal of
software packages, or hot fixes.";
}
leaf previous-version {
type rev:revision-label;
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description
"The previous package version that this version has been
derived from. This leaf allows a full version history graph
to be constructed if required.";
}
leaf nbc-changes {
type boolean;
default false;
description
"Indicates whether the defined package version contains
non-backwards-compatible changes relative to the package
version defined in the 'previous-version' leaf.";
}
leaf-list tag {
type tags:tag;
description
"Tags associated with a YANG package. Module tags defined in
XXX, ietf-netmod-module-tags can be used here but with the
modification that the tag applies to the entire package
rather than a specific module. See the IANA 'YANG Module
Tag Prefix' registry for reserved prefixes and the IANA
'YANG Module IETF Tag' registry for IETF standard tags.";
}
leaf-list mandatory-feature {
type scoped-feature;
description
"Lists features from any modules included in the package that
MUST be supported by any server implementing the package.
Features already specified in a 'mandatory-feature' list of
any included package MUST also be supported by server
implementations and do not need to be repeated in this list.
All other features defined in modules included in the
package are OPTIONAL to implement.
Features are identified using <module-name>:<feature-name>";
}
list included-package {
key "name version";
description
"An entry in this list represents a package that is included
as part of the package definition, or an indirectly included
package that is changed in a non backwards compatible way.
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It can be used to resolve inclusion of conflicting package
versions by explicitly specifying which package version is
used.
If included packages implement different revisions or
versions of the same module, then an explicit entry in the
module list MUST be provided to select the specific module
version 'implemented' by this package definition.
If the schema for any packages that are included, either
directly or indirectly via another package include, are
changed in any non-backwards-compatible way then they MUST
be explicitly listed in the included-packages list with the
'nbc-modified' leaf set to true.
For import-only modules, the 'replaces-revision' leaf-list
can be used to select the specific module versions used
by this package.";
reference
"XXX";
uses yang-pkg-identification-leafs;
leaf-list replaces-version {
type rev:revision-label;
description
"Gives the version of an included package version that
is replaced by this included package revision.";
}
leaf nbc-modified {
type boolean;
default false;
description
"Set to true if any data nodes in this package are modified
in a non backwards compatible way, either through the use
of deviations, or because one of the modules has been
replaced by an incompatible revision. This could also
occur if a module's revision was replaced by an earlier
revision that had the effect of removing some data
nodes.";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents where an instance data file
for this YANG package can be found.
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This leaf will only be present if there is a URL available
for retrieval of the schema for this entry.
If multiple locations are provided, then the first
location in the leaf-list MUST be the definitive location
that uniquely identifies this package";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual package
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-package@2019-09-11.yang"
module ietf-yang-package {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package";
prefix pkg;
import ietf-yang-revisions {
prefix rev;
reference "XXXX: Updated YANG Module Revision Handling";
}
import ietf-yang-package-types {
prefix pkg-types;
rev:revision-or-derived 0.1.0;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Schema Versioning.";
}
import ietf-yang-structure-ext {
prefix sx;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Data Structure Extensions.";
}
import ietf-yang-types {
prefix yang;
rev:revision-or-derived 2013-07-15;
reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
}
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import ietf-inet-types {
prefix inet;
reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
}
organization
"IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Author: Rob Wilton
<mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";
description
"This module provides a definition of a YANG package, which is
used as the schema for an YANG instance data document specifying
a YANG package.
Copyright (c) 2019 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.
The key words '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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";
// RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
// and remove this note.
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
// note.
revision 2019-09-11 {
rev:revision-label 0.1.0;
description
"Initial revision";
reference
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"RFC XXXX: YANG Packages";
}
/*
* Top-level structure
*/
sx:structure package {
description
"Defines a YANG package.
Intended to be used to specify YANG package within an instance
data document.";
uses pkg-types:yang-pkg-identification-leafs;
uses pkg-types:yang-pkg-common-leafs;
list module {
key "name";
description
"An entry in this list represents a module that must be
implemented by a server implementing this package, as per
RFC 7950 section 5.6.5, with a particular set of supported
features and deviations.
A entry in this list overrides any module revision
'implemented' by an included package. Any replaced module
revision SHOULD also be listed in the 'replaces-revision'
list.";
reference
"RFC 7950: The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language.";
leaf name {
type yang:yang-identifier;
mandatory true;
description
"The YANG module name.";
}
leaf revision {
type rev:revision-date-or-label;
description
"The YANG module revision date or revision-label.
If no revision statement is present in the YANG module,
this leaf is not instantiated.";
}
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leaf-list replaces-revision {
type rev:revision-date-or-label;
description
"Gives the revision of an module (implemented or
import-only) defined in an included package that is
replaced by this implemented module revision.";
}
leaf namespace {
type inet:uri;
description
"The XML namespace identifier for this module.";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents the YANG schema resource
for this module.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL available
for retrieval of the schema for this entry.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual module
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
list submodule {
key "name";
description
"Each entry represents one submodule within the
parent module.";
leaf name {
type yang:yang-identifier;
description
"The YANG submodule name.";
}
leaf revision {
type rev:revision-identifier;
mandatory true;
description
"The YANG submodule revision date. If the parent module
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include statement for this submodule includes a revision
date then it MUST match this leaf's value.";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents the YANG schema resource
for this submodule.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual submodule
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
}
list import-only-module {
key "name revision";
description
"An entry in this list indicates that the server imports
reusable definitions from the specified revision of the
module, but does not implement any protocol accessible
objects from this revision.
Multiple 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.";
leaf name {
type yang:yang-identifier;
description
"The YANG module name.";
}
leaf revision {
type rev:revision-date-or-label;
description
"The YANG module revision date or revision-label.
If no revision statement is present in the YANG module,
this leaf is not instantiated.";
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}
leaf-list replaces-revision {
type rev:revision-date-or-label;
description
"Gives the revision of an import-only-module defined in an
included package that is replaced by this
import-only-module revision.";
}
leaf namespace {
type inet:uri;
description
"The XML namespace identifier for this module.";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents the YANG schema resource
for this module.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL available
for retrieval of the schema for this entry.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual submodule
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
list submodule {
key "name";
description
"Each entry represents one submodule within the
parent module.";
leaf name {
type yang:yang-identifier;
description
"The YANG submodule name.";
}
leaf revision {
type rev:revision-identifier;
mandatory true;
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description
"The YANG submodule revision date. If the parent module
include statement for this submodule includes a revision
date then it MUST match this leaf's value.";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents the YANG schema resource
for this submodule.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual submodule
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yl-packages@2019-09-11.yang"
module ietf-yl-packages {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yl-packages";
prefix yl-pkg;
import ietf-yang-revisions {
prefix rev;
reference "XXXX: Updated YANG Module Revision Handling";
}
import ietf-yang-package-types {
prefix pkg-types;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Packages.";
}
import ietf-yang-library {
prefix yanglib;
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reference "RFC 7895bis: YANG Library";
}
organization
"IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Author: Rob Wilton
<mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";
description
"This module provides defined augmentations to YANG library to
allow a server to report YANG package information.
Copyright (c) 2018 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.
The key words '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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";
// RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
// and remove this note.
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
// note.
revision 2019-09-11 {
rev:revision-label 0.1.0;
description
"Initial revision";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Packages";
}
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/*
* Augmentations
*/
augment "/yanglib:yang-library" {
description "Add YANG package definitions into YANG library";
list package {
key "name version";
config "false";
description
"Defines the package available on this server.";
uses pkg-types:yang-pkg-identification-leafs;
uses pkg-types:yang-pkg-common-leafs;
leaf-list module-set {
type leafref {
path "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/" +
"yanglib:name";
}
description
"Describes any modules in addition to, and replacing, and
modules defined in the included packages.
If a non import-only module appears in multiple module
sets, then the module revision and the associated features
and deviations MUST be identical.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual package
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
}
augment "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:schema" {
description
"Allow datastore schema to be related to a YANG package";
container package {
leaf name {
type leafref {
path "/yanglib:yang-library/package/name";
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}
description
"The name of the package this schema relates to.
The referenced package MUST represent a referentially
complete schema";
}
leaf version {
type leafref {
path '/yanglib:yang-library/'
+ 'package[name = current()/../name]/version';
}
description
"The version number of the package this schema relates
to.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The checksum of the package this schema relates to,
calculated on the 'YANG instance data file' package
definition.
This leaf MAY be omitted if the referenced package is
locally scoped without an associated checksum.";
}
leaf-list supported-optional-feature {
type pkg-types:scoped-feature;
description
"Lists all optional module features that are also
supported by the server when implementing the package.
This list SHOULD exclude any features in the
'mandatory-feature' list for the package, or any included
package.
The full set of features supported by the server for this
schema is the union of this list and all
'mandatory-feature' lists for the package and all
included packages. This is equivalent to the information
provided via the 'feature' leaf list in YANG library.
Features are identified using
'<module-name>:<feature-name>'";
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}
description
"Describes which package the schema directly relates to, if
any.";
}
}
augment "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/yanglib:module" {
description
"Add 'replaced-revision' and 'checksum' to implemented module
definitions.";
leaf-list replaces-revision {
type rev:revision-date-or-label;
description
"Gives the revision of an module (implemented or import-only)
defined in an included package that is replaced by this
implemented module revision.
Only used for YANG package definitions";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual module
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
augment
"/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/" +
"yanglib:module/yanglib:submodule" {
description
"Add 'checksum' to implemented modules' submodule
definitions.";
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual submodule
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
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augment "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/" +
"yanglib:import-only-module" {
description
"Add 'replaces-revision' and 'checksum' to import-only-module
definitions";
leaf-list replaces-revision {
type rev:revision-date-or-label;
description
"Gives the revision of an import-only-module defined in an
imported package that is replaced by this import-only-module
revision.
Only used for YANG package definitions";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual module
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
augment "/yanglib:yang-library/yanglib:module-set/" +
"yanglib:import-only-module/yanglib:submodule" {
description
"Add 'checksum' to import-only-modules' submodule
definitions.";
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash calculated on the textual submodule
definition, represented as a hexadecimal string.";
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-yang-inst-data-pkg@2019-09-11.yang"
module ietf-yang-inst-data-pkg {
yang-version 1.1;
namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-inst-data-pkg";
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prefix yid-pkg;
import ietf-yang-revisions {
prefix rev;
reference "XXXX: Updated YANG Module Revision Handling";
}
import ietf-yang-package-types {
prefix pkg-types;
rev:revision-or-derived 0.1.0;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Schema Versioning.";
}
import ietf-yang-structure-ext {
prefix sx;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Data Structure Extensions.";
}
import ietf-yang-instance-data {
prefix yid;
reference "RFC XXX: YANG Instance Data File Format.";
}
import ietf-inet-types {
prefix inet;
reference "RFC 6991: Common YANG Data Types.";
}
organization
"IETF NETMOD (Network Modeling) Working Group";
contact
"WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>
Author: Rob Wilton
<mailto:rwilton@cisco.com>";
description
"The module augments ietf-yang-instance-data to allow package
definitions to be used to define schema in YANG instance data
documents.
Copyright (c) 2019 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
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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.
The key words '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 (RFC 2119) (RFC 8174) when, and only when,
they appear in all capitals, as shown here.";
// RFC Ed.: update the date below with the date of RFC publication
// and remove this note.
// RFC Ed.: replace XXXX with actual RFC number and remove this
// note.
revision 2019-09-11 {
rev:revision-label 0.1.0;
description
"Initial revision";
reference
"RFC XXXX: YANG Packages";
}
/*
* Augmentations
*/
sx:augment-structure
"/yid:instance-data-set/yid:content-schema-spec" {
description
"Add package reference to instance data set schema
specification";
case pkg-schema {
container pkg-schema {
leaf pkg-schema {
type pkg-types:pkg-identifier;
mandatory true;
description
"The package definition that defines the schema for this
file.";
}
leaf checksum {
type pkg-types:sha-256-hash;
description
"The SHA-256 hash of the package, calculated on
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the textual package definition, represented as a
hexadecimal string.";
}
leaf-list location {
type inet:uri;
description
"Contains a URL that represents where an instance data
file for this YANG package can be found.
This leaf will only be present if there is a URL
available for retrieval of the schema for this entry.
If multiple locations are provided, then the first
location in the leaf-list MUST be the definitive
location that uniquely identifies this package";
}
}
}
}
}
<CODE ENDS>
11. Security Considerations
The YANG modules specified in this document defines a schema for data
that is accessed by network management protocols such as NETCONF
[RFC6241] or RESTCONF [RFC8040]. The lowest NETCONF layer is the
secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure
transport is Secure Shell (SSH) [RFC6242]. The lowest RESTCONF layer
is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS
[RFC5246].
The NETCONF access control model [RFC6536] provides the means to
restrict access for particular NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a
preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol
operations and content.
Similarly to YANG library [I-D.ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis], some of the
readable data nodes in these YANG modules 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.
One additional key different to YANG library, is that the 'ietf-yang-
package' YANG module defines a schema to allow YANG packages to be
defined in YANG instance data documents, that are outside the
security controls of the network management protocols. Hence, it is
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important to also consider controlling access to these package
instance data documents to restrict access to sensitive information.
SHA-256 checksums are used to ensure the integrity of YANG package
definitions, imported modules, and sub-modules.
As per the YANG library security considerations, the module, revision
and version information in YANG packages may help an attacker
identify the server capabilities and server implementations with
known bugs since the set of YANG modules supported by a server may
reveal the kind of device and the manufacturer of the device. Server
vulnerabilities may be specific to particular modules, module
revisions, module features, or even module deviations. 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 YANG packages information will help an attacker identify server
implementations with such a defect, in order to launch a denial-of-
service attack on the device.
12. IANA Considerations
It is expected that a central registry of standard YANG package
definitions is required to support this solution.
It is unclear whether an IANA registry is also required to manage
specific package versions. It is highly desirable to have a specific
canonical location, under IETF control, where the definitive YANG
package versions can be obtained from.
This document requests IANA to registers a URI in the "IETF XML
Registry" [RFC3688]. Following the format in RFC 3688, the following
registrations are requested.
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package-types.yang
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package.yang
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yl-packages.yang
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
This document requests that the following YANG modules are added in
the "YANG Module Names" registry [RFC6020]:
Name: ietf-yang-package-types.yang
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Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package-
types.yang
Prefix: pkg-types
Reference: RFC XXXX
Name: ietf-yang-package.yang
Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-package.yang
Prefix: pkg
Reference: RFC XXXX
Name: ietf-yl-packages.yang
Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yl-packages.yang
Prefix: yl-pkg
Reference: RFC XXXX
13. Open Questions/Issues
All issues, along with the draft text, are currently being tracked at
https://github.com/rgwilton/YANG-Packages-Draft/issues/
14. Acknowledgements
Feedback helping shape this document has kindly been provided by Andy
Bierman, Joe Clarke, James Cumming, Mahesh Jethanandani, Balazs
Lengyel, Ladislav Lhotka, Jason Sterne, and Reshad Rahman.
15. References
15.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis]
Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "YANG Library", draft-ietf-netconf-
rfc7895bis-07 (work in progress), October 2018.
[I-D.ietf-netmod-module-tags]
Hopps, C., Berger, L., and D. Bogdanovic, "YANG Module
Tags", draft-ietf-netmod-module-tags-09 (work in
progress), September 2019.
[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-data-ext]
Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "YANG Data
Structure Extensions", draft-ietf-netmod-yang-data-ext-04
(work in progress), July 2019.
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[I-D.ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format]
Lengyel, B. and B. Claise, "YANG Instance Data File
Format", draft-ietf-netmod-yang-instance-file-format-04
(work in progress), August 2019.
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-module-versioning]
Claise, B., Clarke, J., Rahman, R., Wilton, R., Lengyel,
B., Sterne, J., and K. D'Souza, "Updated YANG Module
Revision Handling", draft-verdt-netmod-yang-module-
versioning-01 (work in progress), October 2019.
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-semver]
Claise, B., Clarke, J., Rahman, R., Wilton, R., Lengyel,
B., Sterne, J., and K. D'Souza, "YANG Semantic
Versioning", draft-verdt-netmod-yang-semver-01 (work in
progress), October 2019.
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-solutions]
Wilton, R., "YANG Versioning Solution Overview", draft-
verdt-netmod-yang-solutions-01 (work in progress), July
2019.
[I-D.verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs]
Clarke, J., "YANG Module Versioning Requirements", draft-
verdt-netmod-yang-versioning-reqs-02 (work in progress),
November 2018.
[I-D.wilton-netmod-yang-ver-selection]
Wilton, R. and R. Rahman, "YANG Schema Version Selection",
draft-wilton-netmod-yang-ver-selection-00 (work in
progress), March 2019.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3688>.
[RFC5246] Dierks, T. and E. Rescorla, "The Transport Layer Security
(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2", RFC 5246,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5246, August 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5246>.
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[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6020>.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Ed., Bjorklund, M., Ed., Schoenwaelder, J., Ed.,
and A. Bierman, Ed., "Network Configuration Protocol
(NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241>.
[RFC6242] Wasserman, M., "Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure
Shell (SSH)", RFC 6242, DOI 10.17487/RFC6242, June 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6242>.
[RFC6536] Bierman, A. and M. Bjorklund, "Network Configuration
Protocol (NETCONF) Access Control Model", RFC 6536,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6536, March 2012,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6536>.
[RFC7950] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language",
RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, August 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7950>.
[RFC8040] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., and K. Watsen, "RESTCONF
Protocol", RFC 8040, DOI 10.17487/RFC8040, January 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8040>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8342] Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture
(NMDA)", RFC 8342, DOI 10.17487/RFC8342, March 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8342>.
[RFC8525] Bierman, A., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Watsen, K.,
and R. Wilton, "YANG Library", RFC 8525,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8525, March 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8525>.
15.2. Informative References
[I-D.bierman-netmod-yang-package]
Bierman, A., "The YANG Package Statement", draft-bierman-
netmod-yang-package-00 (work in progress), July 2015.
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[I-D.ietf-netmod-artwork-folding]
Watsen, K., Farrel, A., and Q. WU, "Handling Long Lines in
Inclusions in Internet-Drafts and RFCs", draft-ietf-
netmod-artwork-folding-10 (work in progress), September
2019.
[openconfigsemver]
"Semantic Versioning for OpenConfig Models",
<http://www.openconfig.net/docs/semver/>.
[RFC8199] Bogdanovic, D., Claise, B., and C. Moberg, "YANG Module
Classification", RFC 8199, DOI 10.17487/RFC8199, July
2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8199>.
Appendix A. Tree output for ietf-yang-library with package
augmentations
Complete tree output for ietf-yang-library with package
augmentations.
module: ietf-yang-library
+--ro yang-library
| +--ro module-set* [name]
| | +--ro name string
| | +--ro module* [name]
| | | +--ro name yang:yang-identifier
| | | +--ro revision? revision-identifier
| | | +--ro namespace inet:uri
| | | +--ro location* inet:uri
| | | +--ro submodule* [name]
| | | | +--ro name yang:yang-identifier
| | | | +--ro revision? revision-identifier
| | | | +--ro location* inet:uri
| | | | +--ro yl-pkg:checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
| | | +--ro feature* yang:yang-identifier
| | | +--ro deviation* -> ../../module/name
| | | +--ro yl-pkg:replaces-revision*
| | | | yanglib:revision-identifier
| | | +--ro yl-pkg:checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
| | +--ro import-only-module* [name revision]
| | +--ro name yang:yang-identifier
| | +--ro revision union
| | +--ro namespace inet:uri
| | +--ro location* inet:uri
| | +--ro submodule* [name]
| | | +--ro name yang:yang-identifier
| | | +--ro revision? revision-identifier
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| | | +--ro location* inet:uri
| | | +--ro pkg:checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
| | +--ro yl-pkg:replaces-revision*
| | | yanglib:revision-identifier
| | +--ro yl-pkg:checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
| +--ro schema* [name]
| | +--ro name string
| | +--ro module-set* -> ../../module-set/name
| | +--ro yl-pkg:package
| | +--ro yl-pkg:name?
| | | -> /yanglib:yang-library/package/name
| | +--ro yl-pkg:version? leafref
| | +--ro yl-pkg:supported-feature* pkg-types:scoped-feature
| +--ro datastore* [name]
| | +--ro name ds:datastore-ref
| | +--ro schema -> ../../schema/name
| +--ro content-id string
| +--ro yl-pkg:package* [name version]
| +--ro yl-pkg:name yang:yang-identifier
| +--ro yl-pkg:version rev:revision-label
| +--ro yl-pkg:timestamp? yang:date-and-time
| +--ro yl-pkg:organization? string
| +--ro yl-pkg:contact? string
| +--ro yl-pkg:description? string
| +--ro yl-pkg:reference? string
| +--ro yl-pkg:complete? boolean
| +--ro yl-pkg:location* inet:uri
| +--ro yl-pkg:local? boolean
| +--ro yl-pkg:previous-version? yang-sem-ver
| +--ro yl-pkg:nbc-changes? boolean
| +--ro yl-pkg:tag* tags:tag
| +--ro yl-pkg:mandatory-feature* string
| +--ro yl-pkg:included-package* [name version]
| | +--ro yl-pkg:name yang:yang-identifier
| | +--ro yl-pkg:version rev:revision-label
| | +--ro yl-pkg:replaces-version* rev:revision-label
| | +--ro yl-pkg:nbc-modified? boolean
| | +--ro yl-pkg:location* inet:uri
| | +--ro yl-pkg:checksum? string
| +--ro yl-pkg:module-set*
| | -> /yanglib:yang-library/module-set/name
| +--ro yl-pkg:checksum? pkg-types:sha-256-hash
x--ro modules-state
x--ro module-set-id string
x--ro module* [name revision]
x--ro name yang:yang-identifier
x--ro revision union
+--ro schema? inet:uri
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x--ro namespace inet:uri
x--ro feature* yang:yang-identifier
x--ro deviation* [name revision]
| x--ro name yang:yang-identifier
| x--ro revision union
x--ro conformance-type enumeration
x--ro submodule* [name revision]
x--ro name yang:yang-identifier
x--ro revision union
+--ro schema? inet:uri
notifications:
+---n yang-library-update
| +--ro content-id -> /yang-library/content-id
x---n yang-library-change
x--ro module-set-id -> /modules-state/module-set-id
Appendix B. Examples
This section provides various examples of YANG packages, and as such
this text is non-normative. The purpose of the examples is to only
illustrate the file format of YANG packages, and how package
dependencies work. It does not imply that such packages will be
defined by IETF, or which modules would be included in those packages
even if they were defined. For brevity, the examples exclude
namespace declarations, and use a shortened URL of "tiny.cc/ietf-
yang" as a replacement for
"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YangModels/yang/master/standard/
ietf/RFC".
B.1. Example IETF Network Device YANG package
This section provides an instance data document example of an IETF
Network Device YANG package formatted in JSON.
This example package is intended to represent the standard set of
YANG modules, with import dependencies, to implement a basic network
device without any dynamic routing or layer 2 services. E.g., it
includes functionality such as system information, interface and
basic IP configuration.
As for all YANG packages, all import dependencies are fully resolved.
Because this example uses YANG modules that have been standardized
before YANG semantic versioning, they modules are referenced by
revision date rather than version number.
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<CODE BEGINS> file "example-ietf-network-device-pkg.json"
========= NOTE: '\' line wrapping per BCP XX (RFC XXXX) ===========
{
"ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
"name": "example-ietf-network-device-pkg",
"pkg-schema": {
package: "ietf-yang-package-defn-pkg@0.1.0.json"
},
"description": "YANG package definition",
"content-data": {
"ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
"name": "example-ietf-network-device-pkg",
"version": "1.1.2",
"timestamp": "2018-12-13T17:00:00Z",
"organization": "IETF NETMOD Working Group",
"contact" : "WG Web: <http://tools.ietf.org/wg/netmod/>, \
WG List: <mailto:netmod@ietf.org>",
"description": "Example IETF network device YANG package.\
\
This package defines a small sample set of \
YANG modules that could represent the basic set of \
modules that a standard network device might be expected \
to support.",
"reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
"location": [ "file://example.org/yang/packages/\
ietf-network-device@v1.1.2.json" ],
"module": [
{
"name": "iana-crypt-hash",
"revision": "2014-08-06",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
iana-crypt-hash%402014-08-06.yang" ],
"checksum": "fa9fde408ddec2c16bf2c6b9e4c2f80b\
813a2f9e48c127016f3fa96da346e02d"
},
{
"name": "ietf-system",
"revision": "2014-08-06",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-system%402014-08-06.yang" ],
"checksum": "8a692ee2521b4ffe87a88303a61a1038\
79ee26bff050c1b05a2027ae23205d3f"
},
{
"name": "ietf-interfaces",
"revision": "2018-02-20",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
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ietf-interfaces%402018-02-20.yang" ],
"checksum": "f6faea9938f0341ed48fda93dba9a69a\
a32ee7142c463342efec3d38f4eb3621"
},
{
"name": "ietf-netconf-acm",
"revision": "2018-02-14",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-netconf-acm%402018-02-14.yang" ],
"checksum": "e03f91317f9538a89296e99df3ff0c40\
03cdfea70bf517407643b3ec13c1ed25"
},
{
"name": "ietf-key-chain",
"revision": "2017-06-15",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-key-chain@2017-06-15.yang" ],
"checksum": "6250705f59fc9ad786e8d74172ce90d5\
8deec437982cbca7922af40b3ae8107c"
},
{
"name": "ietf-ip",
"revision": "2018-02-22",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-ip%402018-02-22.yang" ],
"checksum": "b624c84a66c128ae69ab107a5179ca8e\
20e693fb57dbe5cb56c3db2ebb18c894"
}
],
"import-only-module": [
{
"name": "ietf-yang-types",
"revision": "2013-07-15",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-yang-types%402013-07-15.yang" ],
"checksum": "a04cdcc875764a76e89b7a0200c6b9d8\
00b10713978093acda7840c7c2907c3f"
},
{
"name": "ietf-inet-types",
"revision": "2013-07-15",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-inet-types%402013-07-15.yang" ],
"checksum": "12d98b0143a5ca5095b36420f9ebc1ff\
a61cfd2eaa850080244cadf01b86ddf9"
}
]
}
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}
}
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B.2. Example IETF Basic Routing YANG package
This section provides an instance data document example of a basic
IETF Routing YANG package formatted in JSON.
This example package is intended to represent the standard set of
YANG modules, with import dependencies, that builds upon the example-
ietf-network-device YANG package to add support for basic dynamic
routing and ACLs.
As for all YANG packages, all import dependencies are fully resolved.
Because this example uses YANG modules that have been standardized
before YANG semantic versioning, they modules are referenced by
revision date rather than version number. Locations have been
excluded where they are not currently known, e.g., for YANG modules
defined in IETF drafts. In a normal YANG package, locations would be
expected to be provided for all YANG modules.
<CODE BEGINS> file "example-ietf-routing-pkg.json"
========== NOTE: '\' line wrapping per BCP XX (RFC XXXX) ===========
{
"ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
"name": "example-ietf-routing-pkg",
"module": [ "ietf-yang-package@2019-09-11.yang" ],
"description": "YANG package definition",
"content-data": {
"ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
"name": "example-ietf-routing",
"version": "1.3.1",
"timestamp": "2018-12-13T17:00:00Z",
"description": "This package defines a small sample set of \
IETF routing YANG modules that could represent the set of \
IETF routing functionality that a basic IP network device \
might be expected to support.",
"reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
"imported-packages": [
{
"name": "ietf-network-device",
"version": "1.1.2",
"location": [ "http://example.org/yang/packages/\
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ietf-network-device@v1.1.2.json" ],
"checksum": ""
}
],
"module": [
{
"name": "ietf-routing",
"revision": "2018-03-13",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-routing@2018-03-13.yang" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing",
"revision": "2018-03-13",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-ipv4-unicast-routing@2018-03-13.yang" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing",
"revision": "2018-03-13",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-ipv6-unicast-routing@2018-03-13.yang" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-isis",
"revision": "2018-12-11",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-interfaces-common",
"revision": "2018-07-02",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-if-l3-vlan",
"revision": "2017-10-30",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
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"name": "ietf-routing-policy",
"revision": "2018-10-19",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-bgp",
"revision": "2018-05-09",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-access-control-list",
"revision": "2018-11-06",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
}
],
"import-only-module": [
{
"name": "ietf-routing-types",
"revision": "2017-12-04",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
ietf-routing-types@2017-12-04.yang" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "iana-routing-types",
"revision": "2017-12-04",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
iana-routing-types@2017-12-04.yang" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-bgp-types",
"revision": "2018-05-09",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-packet-fields",
"revision": "2018-11-06",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
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"checksum": ""
},
{
"name": "ietf-ethertypes",
"revision": "2018-11-06",
"location": [ "https://tiny.cc/ietf-yang/\
" ],
"checksum": ""
}
]
}
}
}
}
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B.3. Package import conflict resolution example
This section provides an example of how a package can resolve
conflicting module versions from imported packages.
In this example, YANG package 'example-3-pkg' imports both 'example-
import-1' and 'example-import-2' packages. However, the two imported
packages implement different versions of 'example-module-A' so the
'example-3-pkg' package selects version '1.2.3' to resolve the
conflict. Similarly, for import-only modules, the 'example-3-pkg'
package does not require both versions of example-types-module-C to
be imported, so it indicates that it only imports revision
'2018-11-26' and not '2018-01-01'.
{
"ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
"name": "example-import-1-pkg",
"description": "First imported example package",
"content-data": {
"ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
"name": "example-import-1",
"version": "1.0.0",
"reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
"revision-date": "2018-01-01",
"module": [
{
"name": "example-module-A",
"version": "1.0.0"
},
{
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"name": "example-module-B",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
],
"import-only-module": [
{
"name": "example-types-module-C",
"revision": "2018-01-01"
},
{
"name": "example-types-module-D",
"revision": "2018-01-01"
}
]
}
}
}
}
{
"ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
"name": "example-import-2-pkg",
"description": "Second imported example package",
"content-data": {
"ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
"name": "example-import-2",
"version": "2.0.0",
"reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
"revision-date": "2018-11-26",
"module": [
{
"name": "example-module-A",
"version": "1.2.3"
},
{
"name": "example-module-E",
"version": "1.1.0"
}
],
"import-only-module": [
{
"name": "example-types-module-C",
"revision": "2018-11-26"
},
{
"name": "example-types-module-D",
"revision": "2018-11-26"
}
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}
}
}
}
{
"ietf-yang-instance-data:instance-data-set": {
"name": "example-3-pkg",
"description": "Importing example package",
"content-data": {
"ietf-yang-package:yang-package": {
"name": "example-3",
"version": "1.0.0",
"reference": "XXX, draft-rwilton-netmod-yang-packages",
"revision-date": "2018-11-26",
"included-package": [
{
"name": "example-import-1",
"version": "1.0.0"
},
{
"name": "example-import-2",
"version": "2.0.0"
}
],
"module": [
{
"name": "example-module-A",
"version": "1.2.3"
}
],
"import-only-module": [
{
"name": "example-types-module-C",
"revision": "2018-11-26",
"replaces-revision": [ "2018-01-01 "]
}
]
}
}
}
}
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Appendix C. Possible alternative solutions
This section briefly describes some alternative solutions. It can be
removed if this document is adopted as a WG draft.
C.1. Using module tags
Module tags have been suggested as an alternative solution, and
indeed that can address some of the same requirements as YANG
packages but not all of them.
Module tags can be used to group or organize YANG modules. However,
this raises the question of where this tag information is stored.
Module tags either require that the YANG module files themselves are
updated with the module tag information (creating another versioning
problem), or for the module tag information to be hosted elsewhere,
perhaps in a centralize YANG Catalog, or in instance data documents
similar to how YANG packages have been defined in this draft.
One of the principle aims of YANG packages is to be a versioned
object that defines a precise set of YANG modules versions that work
together. Module tags cannot meet this aim without an explosion of
module tags definitions (i.e. a separate module tag must be defined
for each package version).
Module tags cannot support the hierachical scheme to construct YANG
schema that is proposed in this draft.
C.2. Using YANG library
Another question is whether it is necessary to define new YANG
modules to define YANG packages, and whether YANG library could just
be reused in an instance data document. The use of YANG packages
offers several benefits over just using YANG library:
1. Packages allow schema to be built in a hierarchical fashion.
[I-D.ietf-netconf-rfc7895bis] only allows one layer of hierarchy
(using module sets), and there must be no conflicts between
module revisions in different module-sets.
2. Packages can be made available off the box, with a well defined
unique name, avoiding the need for clients to download, and
construct/check the entire YANG schema for each device. Instead
they can rely on the named packages with secure checksums. YANG
library's use of a 'content-id' is unique only to the device that
generated them.
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3. Packages may be versioned using a semantic versioning scheme,
YANG library does not provide a schema level semantic version
number.
4. For a YANG library instance data document to contain the
necessary information, it probably needs both YANG library and
various augmentations (e.g. to include each module's semantic
version number), unless a new version of YANG library is defined
containing this information. The module definition for a YANG
package is specified to contain all of the ncessary information
to solve the problem without augmentations
5. YANG library is designed to publish information about the
modules, datastores, and datastore schema used by a server. The
information required to construct an off box schema is not
precisely the same, and hence the definitions might deviate from
each other over time.
Author's Address
Robert Wilton
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: rwilton@cisco.com
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