Installation¶

Install the driver¶

Install napalm-srlinux from PyPI into the environment where you run NAPALM:

=== "pip"

```bash
pip install napalm-srlinux
```

=== "uv"

```bash
uv add napalm-srlinux
```

The driver requires:

Python ≥ 3.10
napalm ≥ 5 (installed automatically as a dependency)

That's the whole footprint — besides NAPALM itself, the only dependency is httpx. There is no gNMI/protobuf stack to build.

Enable the JSON-RPC server on SR Linux¶

The driver talks to the JSON-RPC server of SR Linux, so it must be enabled on the node:

set / system json-rpc-server admin-state enable
set / system json-rpc-server network-instance mgmt http admin-state enable
set / system json-rpc-server network-instance mgmt https admin-state enable
set / system json-rpc-server network-instance mgmt https tls-profile <profile>

containerlab has you covered

In containerlab labs the JSON-RPC server is enabled by default, with both HTTP and HTTPS endpoints up — no extra configuration needed. Deploy a node and connect.

Only enable the endpoints you intend to use: https for verified TLS or mTLS, http if you plan to connect with insecure: True in a lab.

Verify¶

Check that the JSON-RPC server answers — for a containerlab node named srl:

curl -k -u admin:NokiaSrl1! https://srl/jsonrpc -d '{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 1, "method": "get",
  "params": {"commands": [{"path": "/system/name/host-name", "datastore": "state"}]}
}'

If you get a JSON response with your hostname back, you're ready for the quickstart.