netpulse release - 0.3.0

[0.3.0] - 2025-12-15

Added

• Credential Plugin Architecture: New extensible credential plugin system that supports dynamically retrieving device authentication information from external credential management systems
  • Plugin-based design supporting multiple credential providers
  • Automatic credential resolution and injection into connection parameters
  • Support for referencing credentials via credential field in API requests, eliminating the need to pass plaintext passwords in requests
• Vault KV Credential Plugin: Integration with HashiCorp Vault KV v2 engine for secure credential management
  • Support for reading device credentials (username, password, etc.) from Vault KV v2
  • Support for both Token and AppRole authentication methods
  • Support for path whitelist (allowed_paths) to restrict access scope and enhance security
  • Support for namespace isolation
  • Support for credential caching (cache_ttl) to improve performance and reduce Vault API calls
  • Support for custom field mapping (field_mapping) to flexibly adapt to different Vault data structures
  • Support for versioned secret reading
  • Complete unit test coverage
• Support for template rendering before command execution and template parsing after execution
• Unit tests, end-to-end tests, and CI/CD integration
• Enhanced Webhook Payload: Webhook notifications now include comprehensive task context
  • Device information (host, device_type) for better task traceability
  • Driver information to identify execution method
  • Command/config information to track executed operations
  • Status field (success/failed) for quick identification
  • Improved formatting for multi-command results with readable output
  • Support for nested dict results (e.g., paramiko driver format)

Changed

• Major API Refactoring: Unified API and CLI experience for simplified usage
  • Unified Device Operation Interface /device/exec: Automatically detects operation type (query/config), eliminating the need for separate endpoints
    • Automatically identifies as query operation when command field is present
    • Automatically identifies as config operation when config field is present
    • Auto-selects queue strategy based on driver type (can be manually specified)
  • Unified Template Interface: /template/render and /template/parse support automatic engine/parser detection
  • Simplified Request Models: Unified request/response format, reducing API complexity
  • CLI Integration: Integrated standalone netpulse-client package into main project for unified development experience
  • Refactored API design improves extensibility and maintainability
• Optimized Docker image build process to reduce image size
• Upgraded TTP template parser to 0.10.0

Fixed

• Fixed missing failure callback in batch jobs
• Fixed serialization errors
• Fixed validation bugs
• Fixed test configuration reading issues
• Fixed Postman collection: updated test response field from connection_time to latency
• Fixed various test case bugs

Documentation

• Added credential configuration guide documentation (English and Chinese), providing detailed instructions on configuring and using the Vault KV credential plugin
• Updated API documentation with credential-related field descriptions
• Fixed Postman collection examples
• Fixed documentation options

netpulse release - 0.2.0

[0.1.0] - [0.2.0] 2025-11-09

- [0.2.0] Added

• Paramiko Driver: Introduced a new Paramiko driver for Linux server management
  • Supports multiple authentication methods (password, key file, and inline key content)
  • Supports SFTP file transfer (upload, download, and resume)
  • Supports SSH proxy/jump host connections
  • Supports sudo privilege execution and PTY mode

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##2025-07-04

[0.1.0] Added

• Initial release
• Added support for Netmiko, NAPALM, and PyEAPI drivers
• Introduced persistent connections, distributed architecture, and plugin framework
• Integrated template engines (Jinja2, TextFSM, TTP) and Webhook notification system