Links
RFCs
YANG models
Collection of several YANG models, including models from standards organizations such as the IETF and vendor specific models: https://github.com/YangModels/yang
OpenConfig: https://github.com/openconfig/public
Presentations
FRR Advanced Northbound API (May 2018)
Ok, We Got Data Models, Now What?
Data Model-Driven Management: Latest Industry and Tool Developments
Network Automation And Programmability: Reality Versus The Vendor Hype When Considering Legacy And NFV Networks
Lightning Talk: The API is the new CLI?
Lightning Talk: OpenConfig - progress toward vendor-neutral network management
Getting started with OpenConfig
Why NETCONF and YANG
NETCONF and YANG Concepts
NETCONF Tutorial
Whitepapers
Automating Network and Service Configuration Using NETCONF and YANG: http://www.tail-f.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Tail-f-Presentation-Netconf-Yang.pdf
Creating the Programmable Network: The Business Case for NETCONF/YANG in Network Devices: http://www.tail-f.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/HR-Tail-f-NETCONF-WP-10-08-13.pdf
NETCONF/YANG: What’s Holding Back Adoption & How to Accelerate It: https://www.oneaccess-net.com/images/public/wp_heavy_reading.pdf
Achieving Automation with YANG Modeling Technologies: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/network-services-orchestrator/idc-achieving-automation-wp.pdf
Blog posts and podcasts
OpenConfig and IETF YANG Models: Can they converge? - http://rob.sh/post/215/
OpenConfig: Standardized Models For Networking - https://packetpushers.net/openconfig-standardized-models-networking/
(Podcast) OpenConfig: From Basics to Implementations - https://blog.ipspace.net/2017/02/openconfig-from-basics-to.html
(Podcast) How Did NETCONF Start on Software Gone Wild - https://blog.ipspace.net/2017/12/how-did-netconf-start-on-software-gone.html
YANG Data Models in the Industry: Current State of Affairs (March 2018) - https://www.claise.be/2018/03/yang-data-models-in-the-industry-current-state-of-affairs-march-2018/
Why Data Model-driven Telemetry is the only useful Telemetry? - https://www.claise.be/2018/02/why-data-model-driven-telemetry-is-the-only-useful-telemetry/
NETCONF versus RESTCONF: Capabilitity Comparisons for Data Model-driven Management - https://www.claise.be/2017/10/netconf-versus-restconf-capabilitity-comparisons-for-data-model-driven-management-2/
An Introduction to NETCONF/YANG - https://www.fir3net.com/Networking/Protocols/an-introduction-to-netconf-yang.html
Network Automation and the Rise of NETCONF - https://medium.com/@k.okasha/network-automation-and-the-rise-of-netconf-e96cc33fe28
YANG and the Road to a Model Driven Network - https://medium.com/@k.okasha/yang-and-road-to-a-model-driven-network-e9e52d47148d
Software
libyang
libyang is a YANG data modelling language parser and toolkit written (and providing API) in C.
GitHub page: https://github.com/CESNET/libyang
Documentaion: https://netopeer.liberouter.org/doc/libyang/master/
pyang
pyang is a YANG validator, transformator and code generator, written in python. It can be used to validate YANG modules for correctness, to transform YANG modules into other formats, and to generate code from the modules.
GitHub page: https://github.com/mbj4668/pyang
Documentaion: https://github.com/mbj4668/pyang/wiki/Documentation
ncclient
ncclient is a Python library that facilitates client-side scripting and application development around the NETCONF protocol.
GitHub page: https://github.com/ncclient/ncclient
Documentaion: https://ncclient.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
YDK
ydk-gen is a developer tool that can generate API’s that are modeled in YANG. Currently, it generates language binding for Python, Go and C++ with planned support for other language bindings in the future.
GitHub pages:
Documentation:
(Blog post) Simplifying Network Programmability with Model-Driven APIs: https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/simplifying-network-programmability-with-model-driven-apis
(Video introduction) Infrastructure as a Code Using YANG, OpenConfig and YDK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1b6vJW1R5w
pyangbind
A plugin for pyang that creates Python bindings for a YANG model.
GitHub page: https://github.com/robshakir/pyangbind
Documentation: http://pynms.io/pyangbind/
Sysrepo
Sysrepo is an YANG-based configuration and operational state data store for Unix/Linux applications.
GitHub page: https://github.com/sysrepo/sysrepo
Official webpage: http://www.sysrepo.org/
Documentation: http://www.sysrepo.org/static/doc/html/
Netopeer2
Netopeer2 is a set of tools implementing network configuration tools based on the NETCONF Protocol. This is the second generation of the toolset, originally available as the Netopeer project. Netopeer2 is based on the new generation of the NETCONF and YANG libraries - libyang and libnetconf2. The Netopeer server uses sysrepo as a NETCONF datastore implementation.
GitHub page: https://github.com/CESNET/Netopeer2
Clixon
Clixon is an automatic configuration manager where you generate interactive CLI, NETCONF, RESTCONF and embedded databases with transaction support from a YANG specification.
GitHub page: https://github.com/clicon/clixon
Project page: http://www.clicon.org/