Batfish
A network configuration analysis tool that finds bugs and checks the correctness of router and switch configurations.
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About Batfish
Batfish analyses network configurations, either the ones running today or ones you plan to deploy, to find errors and verify how the network will behave. The goal is to let network engineers make changes without causing outages or opening security holes.
The repository includes a Python component and a set of predefined questions you ask about a network's configuration. It suits teams that want to test changes before they reach production devices.
Strengths
- Checks configurations before they are deployed
- Works on current or planned network configurations
- Query-based analysis through predefined questions
- Long-running project with an active codebase
Limitations
- Aimed at network engineers, not home users
- Requires setup and familiarity with network configuration formats
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Batfish contributors
- Platforms
- Self-hosted
- How it runs
- Self-hosted
- Account
- Not required
- Best suited for
- Network engineers validating configuration changes before deployment
- Categories
- Network tools, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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