Análisis de protocolos para la gestión de redes : Análisis del protocolo de gestión de Red RESTCONF.

Abstract

In recent years, the development of telecommunications has been exponential, so today, we have large interconnected systems worldwide, giving way to virtual and cloud networks, machine learning, etc. This growing demand forces network administrators to effectively manage large networks, so it is necessary to move from traditional management protocols, such as SNMP, to those based on data models, such as the YANG language. This allows greater ease of network management and maintenance, through programmability and automation. One of the recent protocols that uses the YANG data model for network management is the RESTCONF protocol, which arises from the need to apply the NETCONF protocol to web application systems and programmatic interfaces. This has allowed RESTCONF to be NETCONF based on HTTP, with all the advantages that this entails, being one of the management protocols with the greatest future projection. This curricular integration work aims to demonstrate the properties of RESTCONF as a client-server protocol by combining five laboratory practices, emulating networks in a GNS3 environment, created according to the format established by the National Polytechnic School and the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Networks. Each laboratory exercise consists of activities that allow students of Telecommunications Engineering and related professions to understand, learn and apply the functionality provided by RESTCONF.