Network:Core roadmap 2.6

Status: DRAFT

This is an uncommitted roadmap for 2.6

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Connection plugins: eapi & nxapi [EAPI_NXAPI_PLUG]

For more information see https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/103

Grpc connection plugin [GRPC_PLUG]

Add grpc connection plugin to that enables connecting to grpc enabled remote host.

netconf modules: netconf_rpc, netconf_get, netconf_config [NET_CONF]

Add generic Netconf modules to talk to the Netconf enabled remote host.

• netconf_get: Fetch configuration and operational state data from remote Netconf enabled device.
• netconf_rpc: Execute generic Netconf RPC that is defined by Netconf standard as well as propriety RPC based on the Netconf capabilities supported by the remote host.
• netconf_config: Edit configuration using Netconf based on RPC defined in Netconf standard on remote Netconf enabled device.

For more details refer https://github.com/ansible/proposals/issues/104

cli modules: cli_command, cli_config [CLI_MOD]

Refactor persistent connections to handle using config manager and options instead of play_context [PER_CONN]

File fetch and put modules for network [FILE_FETCH]

Configuration caching [CONF_CACHE]

Documentation [DOCS]