Appliance fields that describe the appliance (vendor information, default
credentials, installation instructions...) were dropped when installing a
template. Keep them in a new appliance_metadata JSON column on the
templates table, filled by the appliance-to-template conversion for both
registry v1-6 and v8 (version level values override the appliance level
ones). The nested schema allows extra fields so future registry fields
persist without a migration.
- install: resolve the image directory from the version's settings type and
skip image handling for docker appliances; guard appliance.images
- appliance schema: validate template_properties against template_type,
align cpu_throttling with the qemu template, add kvm and version idlepc
- conversion: map IOU image to path, kvm disable to accel=tcg, inherit only
same-type default settings, symbol fallback from the effective category,
template_properties cannot override structural fields
- allow clearing netmiko_device_type with an empty string
- download the template symbol regardless of the level it is defined at and
give qemu guests a default symbol
Common template field (schema + templates table column + Alembic
migration) holding the Netmiko device type (e.g. 'cisco_xr', 'nokia_srl')
so Netmiko/Nornir based tooling can look up how to reach a node's CLI
without hard-coded vendor mappings. Free-form lowercase string on
purpose: Netmiko's platform list evolves independently of GNS3.
Add an `extra_configs` field (list of {target, content}) to the docker
node/template/appliance schemas. For each entry GNS3 writes `content` to a
file in the node working directory and bind-mounts it read-only at `target`
inside the container.
This lets a NOS appliance seed its startup config without rebuilding the
image: XRd points XR_FIRST_BOOT_CONFIG at an injected /firstboot.cfg, FRR at
/etc/frr/frr.conf, etc. The bind is a single-file mount applied at create
time, so it works for both the generic init.sh path and vendor nodes that
skip init.sh (console_type=docker_exec). Entries are only injected when
present, so ordinary nodes are unaffected.
The content can't go through `environment` (it is line-delimited, one var per
line), hence a dedicated field -- the same plumbing shape as extra_volumes.
- Add optional `tags` query parameter to `/nodes` and `/templates` endpoints
- Support filtering by tags in format "key:value" with multiple tags ANDed together
- Example: `?tags=vendor:cisco&tags=model:7200` filters nodes/templates with both tags
- Maintain backward compatibility for existing API usage without tags parameter
Add three new optional fields to the template schema:
- vendor: Device vendor (e.g., Cisco, Juniper, Huawei)
- model: Device model (e.g., ISR4451-X, MX204, NE40E)
- netmiko_device_type: Netmiko device type for automation (e.g., cisco_ios, juniper_junos, huawei)
These fields enable AI/LLM integration to determine the appropriate
Netmiko device type when automating network device configuration.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
