Nornir get ntp associations status

 The below script will connect to Cisco network devices and collect "show ntp associations" using Nornir and will parse the data using genie.

The result will look like this:

R1 uses NTP Server: 10.0.0.1 which is: synchronized
R2 uses NTP Server: 10.0.0.2 which is: synchronized

from nornir import InitNornir

from nornir.plugins.functions.text import print_result

from nornir.plugins.tasks.networking import netmiko_send_command

from nornir.plugins.tasks.files import write_file

from nornir.core.exceptions import NornirExecutionError

import csv, pprint

from datetime import datetime

def dev_info(task):

    try:

        r = task.run(netmiko_send_command, command_string="show ntp associations", use_genie=True)

        task.host["facts"] = r.result

        ntp_server = task.host["facts"]["clock_state"]["system_status"]["associations_address"]

        ntp_status = task.host["facts"]["clock_state"]["system_status"]["clock_state"]

        print(f"{task.host} uses NTP Server: " + ntp_server + " which is: " + ntp_status)

    except:

        print(f"{task.host} had some kind on unknown issue")

def main() -> None:

    nr = InitNornir(config_file="config.yml")

    result = nr.run(task=dev_info)

    #print_result(result)

if __name__ == "__main__":

    main()