added create loopback script

Author: hpreston

netmiko-interface-example/netmiko-create-interface.py

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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+"""Sample use of the netmiko library for CLI interfacing
+
+This script will create new configuration on a device.
+
+Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+
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+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+"""
+
+# Import libraries
+from netmiko import ConnectHandler
+
+from device_info import ios_xe1 as device # noqa
+
+# New Loopback Details
+loopback = {"int_name": "Loopback103",
+            "description": "Demo interface by CLI and netmiko",
+            "ip": "192.168.103.1",
+            "netmask": "255.255.255.0"}
+
+# Create a CLI configuration
+interface_config = [
+    "interface {}".format(loopback["int_name"]),
+    "description {}".format(loopback["description"]),
+    "ip address {} {}".format(loopback["ip"], loopback["netmask"]),
+    "no shut"
+]
+
+# Open CLI connection to device
+with ConnectHandler(ip = device["address"],
+                    port = device["ssh_port"],
+                    username = device["username"],
+                    password = device["password"],
+                    device_type = device["device_type"]) as ch:
+
+    # Send configuration to device
+    output = ch.send_config_set(interface_config)
+
+    # Print the raw command output to the screen
+    print("The following configuration was sent: ")
+    print(output)