Enhanced Config Session Extension

This is a little EOS extension that streamlines the process of working with config sessions with a commit timer applied.

Normally when you do a commit timer HH:MM:SS command, you then have to show configuration sessions, get the name of the session and do a configure session commit. The extension does this automatically via an alias to a

Installing the extension

Log onto your switch and copy the rpm file from a tftp/scp/whatever repo. Then copy it to extensions folder on flash:

arista#cli vrf MGMT
arista#copy tftp:<tftp host>/EnhancedSession-1-0.noarch.rpm
arista#copy flash:EnhancedSession-1-0.noarch.rpm extension:

arista#show extensions 
Name                                Version/Release      Status      Extension
----------------------------------- -------------------- ----------- ---------
EnhancedSession-1-0.noarch.rpm      1/0                  A, NI       1        


A: available | NA: not available | I: installed | NI: not installed | F: forced
S: valid signature | NS: invalid signature
The extensions are stored on internal flash (flash:)

Install the extension, and verify that the proper alias is created:

arista#extension EnhancedSession-1-0.noarch.rpm
arista#show aliases
timercommit     bash /opt/EnhancedSession/bin/EnhancedSession.py

Include the extension in boot-extensions:

arista#copy installed-extensions boot-extensions
arista#wr

How to use it

arista#configure session 
arista(config-s-sess-1)#int eth 1
arista(config-s-sess-1-if-Et1)#description ITWORKS!
arista(config-s-sess-1-if-Et1)#commit timer 00:01:00
arista#show run sec eth 1
interface Ethernet1
  description ITWORKS!
  no switchport
arista#timercommit

If you have no timered config session commits:

arista#timercommit
There are no timered sessions to commit.