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<img src="hyperglass/static/images/hyperglass-dark.png" width=300></img>
**Hyperglass** is a network looking glass application. A looking glass is typically implemented by network service providers as a way of providing customers, peers, and partners with a way to easily view elements of, or run tests from the provider's network.
**hyperglass** is a modern network looking glass application. A looking glass is typically implemented by network service providers as a way of providing customers, peers, and partners with a way to easily view elements of, or run tests from the provider's network.
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## Features
- BGP Route, BGP Community, BGP AS_PATH, Ping, Traceroute
- BGP Route, BGP Community, BGP AS Path, Ping, Traceroute
- Full IPv6 support
- [Netmiko](https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko)-based connection handling
- Customizable commands for each function by vendor
- Clean, google-esq GUI based on the [Bumla](https://bulma.io) framework
- [Netmiko](https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko)-based connection handling for traditional network devices
- [FRRouting](https://frrouting.org/) support via [hyperglass-frr](https://github.com/checktheroads/hyperglass-frr) REST API
- Customizable commands for each query type by vendor
- Clean, modern, google-esq GUI based on the [Bumla](https://bulma.io) framework
- Customizable colors, logo, web fonts, error messages, UI text
- TOML-based config file for all customizable parameters (no databases!)
- Configurable IP/Prefix "blacklist" to prevent lookup of internal/private prefixes
- Simple TOML config file for all customizable parameters (no databases!)
- Optional SSH Proxy to further direct secure router access
- Configurable IP/Prefix "blacklist" to prevent lookup of sensitive prefixes
- Configurable rate limiting, powered by [Flask-Limiter](https://github.com/alisaifee/flask-limiter)
- Query response caching with configurable cache timeout, powered by [Flask-Caching](https://github.com/sh4nks/flask-caching)
- [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) metrics for query statistics tracking
## Documentation
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## Platform Support
Theoretically, any vendor supported by Netmiko can be supported by Hyperglass. However, I am currently listing platforms I have personally tested and verified full functionality with:
Theoretically, any vendor supported by Netmiko can be supported by hyperglass. However, hyperglass is preconfigured to support the following platforms:
### Routers
- Cisco IOS-XR: `cisco_xr`
- Cisco Classic IOS/IOS-XE: `cisco_ios`
- Juniper JunOS: `junos`
- Cisco IOS-XR: Netmiko `cisco_xr` vendor class
- Cisco Classic IOS/IOS-XE: Netmiko `cisco_ios` vendor class
- Juniper JunOS: Netmiko `junos` vendor class
- FRRouting: hyperglass-frr API
### Proxies
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## Acknowledgements
- This project originally started as a fork of vraulsan's [looking-glass](https://github.com/vraulsan/looking-glass) project. The guts of the Flask components still remain from that project, but almost everything else has been rewritten. Nevertheless, the inspiration for building hyperglass came from here.
- This project originally started as a fork of [vraulsan](https://github.com/vraulsan)'s [looking-glass](https://github.com/vraulsan/looking-glass) project. The guts of the Flask components still remain from that project, but almost everything else has been rewritten. Nevertheless, the inspiration for building hyperglass came from here.
## License