Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
RFC 6241

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                      R. Enns, Ed.
Request for Comments: 6241                              Juniper Networks
Obsoletes: 4741                                        M. Bjorklund, Ed.
Category: Standards Track                                 Tail-f Systems
ISSN: 2070-1721                                    J. Schoenwaelder, Ed.
                                                       Jacobs University
                                                         A. Bierman, Ed.
                                                                 Brocade
                                                               June 2011

                Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)

Abstract

   The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) defined in this document
   provides mechanisms to install, manipulate, and delete the
   configuration of network devices.  It uses an Extensible Markup
   Language (XML)-based data encoding for the configuration data as well
   as the protocol messages.  The NETCONF protocol operations are
   realized as remote procedure calls (RPCs).  This document obsoletes
   RFC 4741.

Status of This Memo

   This is an Internet Standards Track document.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
   Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6241.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     1.2.  Protocol Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     1.3.  Capabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     1.4.  Separation of Configuration and State Data  . . . . . . .  10
   2.  Transport Protocol Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     2.1.  Connection-Oriented Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     2.2.  Authentication, Integrity, and Confidentiality  . . . . .  12
     2.3.  Mandatory Transport Protocol  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   3.  XML Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     3.1.  Namespace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     3.2.  Document Type Declarations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   4.  RPC Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     4.1.  <rpc> Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     4.2.  <rpc-reply> Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.3.  <rpc-error> Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     4.4.  <ok> Element  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     4.5.  Pipelining  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   5.  Configuration Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     5.1.  Configuration Datastores  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     5.2.  Data Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20