batfish-config-analysis

Pre-change validation analyzes proposed network configurations to verify parsing, vendor detection, and policy compliance, reducing deployment risk. You upload a configuration snapshot and run validation checks to confirm readiness before applying changes.

ACL tracing and reachability checks work across multi-vendor devices to verify critical traffic paths. The analysis tests how access control lists behave and confirms connectivity before you commit configuration changes.

Change impact analysis compares before and after configurations to identify differences affecting routing or security. This config-diff approach isolates exactly what changes in traffic flow or policy, providing clear remediation guidance.

A Batfish Docker container is required, along with BATFISH_HOST and BATFISH_PORT environment variables. Your environment also needs Python 3.10+ with pybatfish, mcp[cli], and python-dotenv installed to execute the analysis.

Compliance auditing checks network configurations against organizational policies across multi-vendor devices. You upload configuration snapshots and validate them against governance rules to identify violations before deployment.

Configuration parsing failures occur when vendor detection cannot identify the format or encounters unsupported syntax. Ensure your snapshot contains valid configurations and that the multi-vendor device formats are supported for analysis.