NETCONF is a protocol that provides mechanisms for the remote management of network devices.

These mechanisms support a range of operations, such as:

• Subscribe to notifications
• Access information on the state of a network device
• Install, manipulate or delete network device configuration
• Execute requests through the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol

We focus on information that relates to Vyatta NOS in particular; but you may also find these NETCONF and YANG RFCs useful for further reading:

• RFC 5277, NETCONF Event Notifications
• RFC 6020, YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
• RFC 6022, YANG Module for NETCONF Monitoring
• RFC 6241, Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)
• RFC 6242, Using the NETCONF Protocol over Secure Shell (SSH)
• RFC 6243, With-defaults Capability for NETCONF