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authorChristian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com>2020-03-28 07:19:49 +0100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-03-28 07:19:49 +0100
commit981b5ad0fd680bad27ef6754502e58429ca0d4b0 (patch)
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parent186ea12fecb93d7c8c1eb787e3ae405a9627ec4e (diff)
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Merge pull request #276 from thomas-mangin/T2057-alias
ifconfig: T2057: add get_alias function
-rw-r--r--python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py b/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py
index 8e37d6abd..e9c026c5f 100644
--- a/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py
+++ b/python/vyos/ifconfig/interface.py
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ class Interface(DHCP):
}
_sysfs_get = {
+ 'alias': {
+ 'location': '/sys/class/net/{ifname}/ifalias',
+ },
'mac': {
'location': '/sys/class/net/{ifname}/address',
},
@@ -383,6 +386,16 @@ class Interface(DHCP):
"""
return self.set_interface('link_detect', link_filter)
+ def get_alias(self):
+ """
+ Get interface alias name used by e.g. SNMP
+
+ Example:
+ >>> Interface('eth0').get_alias()
+ 'interface description as set by user'
+ """
+ return self.get_interface('alias')
+
def set_alias(self, ifalias=''):
"""
Set interface alias name used by e.g. SNMP