ntw-menu

Network Menu (ANSI Terminal) - python3

Demo:

ntw-menu uses a modifed version of Termenu which you can find at https://github.com/elifiner/termenu

Features

• SSH, TELNET, FTP, SFTP protocol support
• Manually editable CSV data file
• Multiple menu session types:
  • Protocol submenu
  • Pre-set protocol (default tcp port)
  • Pre-set protocol and custom tcp port
• Full regex search to filter through device names, IPs, protocols and ports
• Per-user search and selection memory across multiple sessions
• Script to import device session data via Solarwinds API
• Customisable settings via config file

Download ntw-menu from git

sudo git clone https://github.com/rdeangel/ntw-menu ntw-menu

or

download https://github.com/rdeangel/ntw-menu/archive/master.zip

Install required python libraries

Depending on the python distribution you have on your system make sure you install all needed python libraries:

You will probably need to install the following:

pip3 install numpy
pip3 install configparser
pip3 install pyfiglet
pip3 install orionsdk

...maybe more or less packages installation are required depending on your installation of python3

config.ini

Use config.ini to configure ntw-menu settings.

The following parameters are used by ntw-menu.py:

[MENU_PARAMETERS]
Banner
Min_Term_Width
Min_Term_Height
Back_To_Menu_Timer
Connection_Timeout

[SESSION_MEMORY_PARAMETERS]
User_Memory
User_Selection_Memory

[DATA_PARAMETERS]
Static_Device_List_File
Import_Device_List_File

while the following parameters are used by ntw-menu_solarwinds_import.py:

[DATA_PARAMETERS]
Import_Device_List_File = 


[SOLARWINDS_PARAMETERS]
SW_Host
SW_Username
SW_Password

[EMAIL_PARAMETERS]
EnableEmailNotification
EmailOnImport
EmailOnFailure
EmailServer
AdminEmailSenderName
AdminEmailSenderAddress
AdminEmailReceiverName
AdminEmailReceiverAddress
AdminEmailSubject

Keyboard usage

ALPHANUMERIC + SYMBOL KEYs = use to filter device list
ENTER = Select a menu option and move to the next menu/input
ESC = Move to previous menu or reset filter
CTRL-B = Scroll Up
CTRL-F = Scroll Down
CTRL-E = exit
CTRL-C = forced exit

NOTE: Make sure your ssh client is using ANSI terminal emulation.

PC Terminal Clients support tested

1. Linux Terminal
2. Putty
3. SecureCRT (requires settings to be checked for correct emulation and backspace key mapping):

SecureCRT Settings:

Android/Mobile Terminal Clients support tested

1. JuiceSSH
2. Termius

Toggle session search and selection memory (persistence)

Disable (useful when used in a shared account): touch ~/.ntw-menu/no_mem

Enable (enabled by default): rm ~/.ntw-menu/no_mem

Device list import scheduling

If you are importing a device list dinamically from solarwinds, a cronjob should be created to run ntw-menu_solarwinds_import.py

ntw-menu_solarwinds_import.py .*