NETCONF E. Voit
Internet-Draft Cisco Systems
Intended status: Standards Track A. Clemm
Expires: November 5, 2018 Huawei
A. Gonzalez Prieto
VMware
E. Nilsen-Nygaard
A. Tripathy
Cisco Systems
May 4, 2018

NETCONF Support for Event Notifications
draft-ietf-netconf-netconf-event-notifications-09

Abstract

This document provides a NETCONF binding to subscribed notifications and to YANG push.

RFC Editor note: please replace the four references to pre-RFC normative drafts with the actual assigned RFC numbers.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

This document provides a binding for events streamed over the NETCONF protocol [RFC6241] as per [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications]. In addition, as [I-D.ietf-netconf-yang-push] is itself built upon [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications], this document enables a NETCONF client to request and receive updates from a YANG datastore located on a NETCONF server.

2. Terminology

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

The following terms are defined in [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications]: notification message, event stream, publisher, receiver, subscriber, subscription, configured subscription.

3. Interleave Capability

To support multiple subscriptions on a single session, a NETCONF publisher MUST support the :interleave capability as defined in [RFC5277]. Advertisement of both the :interleave capability and "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications" within a NETCONF capability exchange MUST indicate that a NETCONF publisher is able to receive, process, and respond to NETCONF requests and [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] subscription operations.

4. Compatibility with RFC-5277's create-subscription

A publisher is allowed to concurrently support configured subscriptions and dynamic subscription RPCs of [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] at the same time as [RFC5277]'s "create-subscription" RPC. However a single NETCONF transport session cannot support both this specification and a subscription established by [RFC5277]'s "create-subscription" RPC. To protect against any attempts to use a single NETCONF transport session in this way:

If a publisher supports this specification but not subscriptions via [RFC5277], the publisher MUST NOT advertise "urn:ietf:params:netconf:capability:notification:1.0".

5. Mandatory XML, event stream and datastore support

The "encode-xml" feature of [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] is mandatory to support. This indicates that XML is a valid encoding for RPCs, state change notifications, and subscribed content.

A NETCONF publisher supporting event stream subscription via [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] MUST support the "NETCONF" event stream identified in that draft.

A NETCONF publisher supporting [I-D.ietf-netconf-yang-push] MUST support the operational state datastore as defined by [I.D.draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores].

6. NETCONF connectivity and the subscription lifecycle

This section describes how the availability of NETCONF transport impacts the establishment and lifecycle of different types of [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] subscriptions.

6.1. Dynamic Subscriptions

For dynamic subscriptions, if the NETCONF session involved with the "establish-subscription" terminates, the subscription MUST be deleted.

6.2. Configured Subscriptions

For a configured subscription, there is no guarantee a transport session is currently in place with each associated receiver. In cases where a configured subscription has a receiver in the CONNECTING state as described in [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications], section 2.5.1, and the "transport" for that subscription is "NETCONF", but no NETCONF transport session exists to that receiver (or all existing NETCONF transport sessions are currently supporting [RFC5277] subscriptions), then the publisher MUST initiate a transport session via NETCONF call home [RFC8071], section 4.1 to that receiver. Until NETCONF connectivity is established and a "subscription-started" state change notification is successfully sent, that receiver MUST remain in either the CONNECTING or the TIMEOUT state.

If the call home fails because the publisher receives receiver credentials which are subsequently declined per [RFC8071], Section 4.1, step S5 authentication, then that receiver MUST be placed into the TIMEOUT state.

If the call home fails to establish for any other reason, the publisher MUST NOT progress the receiver to the ACTIVE state. Additionally, the publisher SHOULD place the receiver into the TIMEOUT state after a predetermined number of either failed call home attempts or NETCONF sessions remotely terminated by the receiver.

NETCONF transport session connectivity SHOULD be verified via Section 4.1, step S7.

If a NETCONF session is disconnected but the "stop-time" of a subscription being transported over that session has not been reached, the publisher restarts the call home process and return the receiver to the CONNECTING state.

7. Notification Messages

Notification messages transported over the NETCONF protocol will be identical in format and content to those encoded using one-way operations defined within [RFC5277], section 4.

8. Dynamic Subscriptions and RPC Error Responses

Management of dynamic subscriptions occurs via RPCs as defined in [I-D.ietf-netconf-yang-push] and [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications]. When an RPC error occurs, the NETCONF RPC reply MUST include an "rpc-error" element per [RFC6241] with the error information populated as follows:

         RPC                     use base identity
         ----------------------  ----------------------------
         establish-subscription  establish-subscription-error     
         modify-subscription     modify-subscription-error
         delete-subscription     delete-subscription-error    
         kill-subscription       kill-subscription-error
         resynch-subscription    resynch-subscription-error
            

    
      establish-subscription returns hints in yang-data structure
      ---------------------- ------------------------------------         
      target: event stream   establish-subscription-stream-error-info
      target: datastore      establish-subscription-datastore-error-info
            
      modify-subscription    returns hints in yang-data structure
      ---------------------- ------------------------------------         
      target: event stream   modify-subscription-stream-error-info
      target: datastore      modify-subscription-datastore-error-info

      The yang-data included within "error-info" SHOULD NOT include the
      optional leaf "error-reason", as such a leaf would be redundant
      with information that is already placed within the
      "error-app-tag".
      
      In case of an rpc error as a result of a "delete-subscription", a
      "kill-subscription", or a "resynch-subscription" request, no
      "error-info" needs to be included, as the "subscription-id" is 
      the only RPC input parameter and no hints regarding this RPC input
      parameters need to be provided.
            

Note that "error-path" does not need to be included with the "rpc-error" element, as subscription errors are generally not associated with nodes in the datastore but with the choice of RPC input parameters.

9. YANG module

This module references [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications].

[ note to the RFC Editor - please replace XXXX within this YANG model with the number of this document ]

module ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace 
    "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications";

  prefix nsn;

  import ietf-subscribed-notifications {
    prefix sn;
  }
  
  organization "IETF NETCONF (Network Configuration) Working Group";
  contact
    "WG Web:   <http:/tools.ietf.org/wg/netconf/>
     WG List:  <mailto:netconf@ietf.org>
          
     Editor:   Eric Voit
               <mailto:evoit@cisco.com>
     
     Editor:   Alexander Clemm
               <mailto:ludwig@clemm.org>

     Editor:   Alberto Gonzalez Prieto
               <mailto:agonzalezpri@vmware.com>
               
     Editor:   Ambika Prasad Tripathy
               <mailto:ambtripa@cisco.com>
               
     Editor:   Einar Nilsen-Nygaard
               <mailto:einarnn@cisco.com>";


  description
    "Defines NETCONF as a supported transport for subscribed event
    notifications.
    
    Copyright (c) 2018 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors 
    of the code.  All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
    modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license 
    terms contained in, the Simplified BSD License set forth in Section 
    4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents
    (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

    This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see the RFC 
    itself for full legal notices.";
  
  revision 2018-04-20 {
    description
      "Initial version";
    reference 
    "RFC XXXX: NETCONF Support for Event Notifications";
  }

 
  identity netconf {
    base sn:transport;
    base sn:inline-address;
    description
      "NETCONF is used as a transport for notification messages and
       state change notifications.";
  }
  
}
            

10. IANA Considerations

This document registers the following namespace URI in the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688]:

URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A; the requested URI is an XML namespace.

This document registers the following YANG module in the "YANG Module Names" registry [RFC6020]:

Name: ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications
Namespace: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications
Prefix: nsn
Reference: RFC XXXX: NETCONF Support for Event Notifications

11. Security Considerations

Notification messages (including state change notifications) are never sent before the NETCONF capabilities exchange has completed.

If a malicious or buggy NETCONF subscriber sends a number of establish-subscription requests, then these subscriptions accumulate and may use up system resources. In such a situation, subscriptions MAY be terminated by terminating the underlying NETCONF session. The publisher MAY also suspend or terminate a subset of the active subscriptions on that NETCONF session.

This draft does not define a YANG module and therefore doesn't have any YANG-related Security Considerations.

12. Acknowledgments

We wish to acknowledge the helpful contributions, comments, and suggestions that were received from: Andy Bierman, Yan Gang, Sharon Chisholm, Hector Trevino, Peipei Guo, Susan Hares, Tim Jenkins, Balazs Lengyel, Martin Bjorklund, Mahesh Jethanandani, Kent Watsen, and Guangying Zheng.

13. Normative References

[I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] Voit, E., Clemm, A., Gonzalez Prieto, A., Tripathy, A. and E. Nilsen-Nygaard, "Customized Subscriptions to a Publisher's Event Streams", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications-11, April 2018.
[I-D.ietf-netconf-yang-push] Clemm, Alexander., Voit, Eric., Gonzalez Prieto, Alberto., Tripathy, A., Nilsen-Nygaard, E., Bierman, A. and B. Lengyel, "YANG Datastore Subscription", February 2018.
[I.D.draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores] Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J., Shafer, P., Watsen, K. and R. Wilton, "Network Management Datastore Architecture", Internet-Draft draft-ietf-netmod-revised-datastores-10, January 2018.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688, DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004.
[RFC5277] Chisholm, S. and H. Trevino, "NETCONF Event Notifications", RFC 5277, DOI 10.17487/RFC5277, July 2008.
[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020, DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010.
[RFC6241] Enns, R., Bjorklund, M., Schoenwaelder, J. and A. Bierman, "Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6241, DOI 10.17487/RFC6241, June 2011.
[RFC8071] Watsen, K., "NETCONF Call Home and RESTCONF Call Home", RFC 8071, DOI 10.17487/RFC8071, February 2017.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017.

Appendix A. Examples

This section is non-normative.

A.1. Event Stream Discovery

As defined in [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] an event stream exposes a continuous set of events available for subscription. A NETCONF client can retrieve the list of available event streams from a NETCONF publisher using the "get" operation against the top-level container "/streams" defined in [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] Section 3.1.

The following example illustrates the retrieval of the list of available event streams:

<rpc message-id="101"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <get>
    <filter type="subtree">
      <streams
     xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications"/>
    </filter>
  </get>
</rpc>
            

Figure 1: Get streams request

After such a request, the NETCONF publisher returns a list of event streams available, as well as additional information which might exist in the container.

A.2. Dynamic Subscriptions

A.2.1. Establishing Dynamic Subscriptions

The following figure shows two successful "establish-subscription" RPC requests as per [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications]. The first request is given a subscription identifier of 22, the second, an identifier of 23.

   +------------+                 +-----------+
   | Subscriber |                 | Publisher |
   +------------+                 +-----------+
         |                              |
         |    Capability Exchange       |
         |<---------------------------->|
         |                              |
         |                              |
         |    establish-subscription    |
         |----------------------------->|  (a)
         | RPC Reply: OK, id = 22       |
         |<-----------------------------|  (b)
         |                              |
         | notification message (for 22)|
         |<-----------------------------|
         |                              |
         |                              |
         |    establish-subscription    |
         |----------------------------->|
         | RPC Reply: OK, id = 23       |
         |<-----------------------------|
         |                              |
         |                              |
         | notification message (for 22)|
         |<-----------------------------|
         | notification message (for 23)|
         |<-----------------------------|
         |                              |                
          

Figure 2: Multiple subscriptions over a NETCONF session

To provide examples of the information being transported, example messages for interactions (a) and (b) in Figure 2 are detailed below:

<rpc message-id="102" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <establish-subscription 
      xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
    <stream>NETCONF</stream>
    <stream-xpath-filter xmlns:ex="http://example.com/events">
      /ex:foo/
    </stream-xpath-filter>
    <dscp>10</dscp>
  </establish-subscription>
</rpc>
            

Figure 3: establish-subscription request (a)

As NETCONF publisher was able to fully satisfy the request (a), the publisher sends the subscription identifier of the accepted subscription within message (b):

<rpc-reply message-id="102" 
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <identifier 
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
    22
  </identifier>
</rpc-reply>
           

Figure 4: establish-subscription success (b)

If the NETCONF publisher had not been able to fully satisfy the request, or subscriber has no authorization to establish the subscription, the publisher would have sent an RPC error response. For instance, if the "dscp" value of 10 asserted by the subscriber in Figure 3 proved unacceptable, the publisher may have returned:

<rpc-reply message-id="102" 
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <rpc-error>
   <error-type>application</error-type>
   <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
   <error-severity>error</error-severity>
   <error-app-tag>dscp-unavailable</error-app-tag>    
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>
          

Figure 5: an unsuccessful establish subscription

The subscriber can use this information in future attempts to establish a subscription.

A.2.2. Modifying Dynamic Subscriptions

An existing subscription may be modified. The following exchange shows a negotiation of such a modification via several exchanges between a subscriber and a publisher. This negotiation consists of a failed RPC modification request/response, followed by a successful one.

                  
   +------------+                 +-----------+
   | Subscriber |                 | Publisher |
   +------------+                 +-----------+
         |                              |
         | notification message (for 23)|
         |<-----------------------------|
         |                              |
         | modify-subscription (id = 23)|
         |----------------------------->|  (c)
         | RPC error (with hint)        |
         |<-----------------------------|  (d)
         |                              |
         | modify-subscription (id = 23)|
         |----------------------------->|
         | RPC Reply: OK                |
         |<-----------------------------|
         |                              |
         | notification message (for 23)|
         |<-----------------------------|
         |                              |          
          

Figure 6: Interaction model for successful subscription modification

If the subscription being modified in Figure 6 is a datastore subscription as per [I-D.ietf-netconf-yang-push], the modification request made in (c) may look like that shown in Figure 7. As can be seen, the modifications being attempted are the application of a new xpath filter as well as the setting of a new periodic time interval.

<rpc message-id="303"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <modify-subscription
       xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications"
       xmlns:yp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
    <identifier>23</identifier>
    <yp:datastore-xpath-filter xmlns="http://example.com/datastore"> 
        /interfaces-state/interface/oper-status
    </yp:datastore-xpath-filter>
    <yp:periodic>
      <yp:period>500</yp:period>
    </yp:periodic> 
  </modify-subscription>
</rpc>
          

Figure 7: Subscription modification request (c)

If the NETCONF publisher can satisfy both changes, the publisher sends a positive result for the RPC. If the NETCONF publisher cannot satisfy either of the proposed changes, the publisher sends an RPC error response (d). The following is an example RPC error response for (d) which includes a hint. This hint is an alternative time period value which might have resulted in a successful modification:

<rpc-reply message-id="303"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-app-tag>
        period-unsupported 
    </error-app-tag>
    <error-info
       xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-yang-push">
       <modify-subscription-datastore-error-info>
         <period-hint>
             3000
         </period-hint>
       </modify-subscription-datastore-error-info>
    </error-info>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>
          

Figure 8: Modify subscription failure with Hint (d)

A.2.3. Deleting Dynamic Subscriptions

The following demonstrates deleting a subscription. This subscription may have been to either a stream or a datastore.

<rpc message-id="103"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <delete-subscription
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
    <identifier>22</identifier>
  </delete-subscription>
</rpc> 
        

Figure 9: Delete subscription

If the NETCONF publisher can satisfy the request, the publisher replies with success to the RPC request.

If the NETCONF publisher cannot satisfy the request, the publisher sends an error-rpc element indicating the modification didn't work. Figure 10 shows a valid response for existing valid subscription identifier, but that subscription identifier was created on a different NETCONF transport session:

<rpc-reply message-id="103"
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-app-tag>
        no-such-subscription
    </error-app-tag>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>
          

Figure 10: Unsuccessful delete subscription

A.3. Configured Subscriptions

Configured subscriptions may be established, modified, and deleted using configuration operations against the top-level subtree of [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications] or [I-D.ietf-netconf-yang-push].

In this section, we present examples of how to manage the configuration subscriptions using a NETCONF client.

A.3.1. Creating Configured Subscriptions

For subscription creation, a NETCONF client may send:

<rpc message-id="201" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
    <target>
      <running/>
    </target>
    <default-operation>none</default-operation>
    <config>
      <subscriptions 
      xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
        <subscription>
          <identifier>1922</identifier>
          <transport xmlns:nsn=
    "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications">
            nsn:netconf
          <transport>
          <stream>NETCONF</stream>
          <receivers>
            <receiver>
			  <name>receiver1</name>
              <address>1.2.3.4</address>
            </receiver>
          </receivers>
        </subscription>
      </subscriptions>
    </config>
  </edit-config>
</rpc>
          

Figure 11: Create a configured subscription

If the request is accepted, the publisher will indicate this. If the request is not accepted because the publisher cannot serve it, no configuration is changed. In this case the publisher may reply:

<rpc-reply message-id="201" 
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>resource-denied</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-message xml:lang="en">
      Temporarily the publisher cannot serve this
      subscription due to the current workload.
    </error-message>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>
          

Figure 12: Response to a failed configured subscription establishment

After a subscription has been created, NETCONF connectivity to each receiver will be established if it does not already exist. This will be accomplished via [RFC8071].

The following figure shows the interaction model for the successful creation of a configured subscription.

                               
 +----------+                 +-----------+     +---------+   
 |Config Ops|                 | Publisher |     | 1.2.3.4 |   
 +----------+                 +-----------+     +---------+   
      |                            |                |   
      |    Capability Exchange     |                |            
      |<-------------------------->|                |            
      |                            |                |            
      |                            |                |         
      |        Edit-config         |                |          
      |--------------------------->|                |           
      |       RPC Reply: OK        |                |            
      |<---------------------------|                |  
      |                            |   Call Home    |            
      |                            |<-------------->|            
      |                            |                |          
      |                            |  subscription- |           
      |                            |  started       |           
      |                            |--------------->|          
      |                            |                |        
      |                            |  notification  |           
      |                            |  message       |            
      |                            |--------------->|                    
          

Figure 13: Interaction model for configured subscription establishment

A.3.2. Modifying Configured Subscriptions

Configured subscriptions can be modified using configuration operations against the top-level container "/subscriptions".

For example, the subscription established in the previous section could be modified as follows, here a adding a second receiver:

<rpc message-id="202" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
    <target>
      <running/>
    </target>
    <config>
      <subscriptions 
      xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
        <subscription>
          <identifier>
            1922
          </identifier>
          <receivers>
            <receiver>
              <name>receiver2</name>
              <address>1.2.3.5</address>
            </receiver>
          </receivers>
        </subscription>
      </subscriptions>
    </config>
  </edit-config>
</rpc>
           

Figure 14: Modify configured subscription

If the request is accepted, the publisher will indicate success. The result is that the interaction model described in Figure 13 may be extended as follows.

                               
 +----------+                 +-----------+     +---------+  +---------+
 |Config Ops|                 | Publisher |     | 1.2.3.4 |  | 1.2.3.5 |
 +----------+                 +-----------+     +---------+  +---------+
       |                            |  notification  |            |
       |                            |  message       |            |
       |                            |--------------->|            |
       |        Edit-config         |                |            |
       |--------------------------->|                |            |
       |       RPC Reply: OK        |                |            |
       |<---------------------------|                |            |
       |                            |  subscription- |            |
       |                            |  started       |            |
       |                            |---------------------------->|
       |                            |                |            |
       |                            |  notification  |            |
       |                            |  message       |            |
       |                            |--------------->|            |
       |                            |---------------------------->|
       |                            |                |            |     
          

Figure 15: Interaction model for configured subscription modification

Note in the above that in the specific example above, modifying a configured subscription actually resulted in "subscription-started" notification. And because of an existing NETCONF session, no additional call home was needed. Also note that if the edit of the configuration had impacted the filter, a separate modify-subscription would have been required for the original receiver.

A.3.3. Deleting Configured Subscriptions

Configured subscriptions can be deleted using configuration operations against the top-level container "/subscriptions". Deleting the subscription above would result in the following flow impacting all active receivers.

                               
 +----------+                 +-----------+     +---------+  +---------+
 |Config Ops|                 | Publisher |     | 1.2.3.4 |  | 1.2.3.5 |
 +----------+                 +-----------+     +---------+  +---------+
       |                            |                |            |
       |                            |  notification  |            |
       |                            |  message       |            |
       |                            |--------------->|            |
       |                            |---------------------------->|
       |                            |                |            |
       |        Edit-config         |                |            |
       |--------------------------->|                |            |
       |       RPC Reply: OK        |                |            |
       |<---------------------------|                |            |
       |                            |  subscription- |            |
       |                            |  terminated    |            |
       |                            |--------------->|            |
       |                            |---------------------------->|
       |                            |                |            |
           
         

Figure 16: Interaction model for configured subscription deletion

A.4. Subscription State Notifications

A publisher will send subscription state notifications according to the definitions within [I-D.draft-ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications]).

A.4.1. subscription-started and subscription-modified

A "subscription-started" over NETCONF encoded in XML would look like:

<notification xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
  <eventTime>2007-09-01T10:00:00Z</eventTime>
  <subscription-started 
      xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
    <identifier>39</identifier>
    <transport xmlns:nsn=
    "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-subscribed-notifications">
      nsn:netconf
    <transport>
    <stream-xpath-filter xmlns:ex="http://example.com/events">
      /ex:foo
    </stream-xpath-filter>
    <stream>NETCONF</stream>
  </subscription-started>
</notification>
           

Figure 17: subscription-started subscription state notification

The "subscription-modified" is identical to Figure 17, with just the word "started" being replaced by "modified".

A.4.2. subscription-completed, subscription-resumed, and replay-complete

A "subscription-completed" would look like:

<notification
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
  <eventTime>2007-09-01T10:00:00Z</eventTime>
  <subscription-completed
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
    <identifier>39</identifier>
  </subscription-completed>
</notification>
           

Figure 18: subscription-completed notification in XML

The "subscription-resumed" and "replay-complete" are virtually identical, with "subscription-completed" simply being replaced by "subscription-resumed" and "replay-complete".

A.4.3. subscription-terminated and subscription-suspended

A "subscription-terminated" would look like:

<notification
  xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:notification:1.0">
  <eventTime>2007-09-01T10:00:00Z</eventTime>
  <subscription-terminated
    xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-subscribed-notifications">
    <identifier>39</identifier>
    <error-id>
       suspension-timeout
    </error-id>
  </subscription-terminated>
</notification>
          

Figure 19: subscription-terminated subscription state notification

The "subscription-suspended" is virtually identical, with "subscription-terminated" simply being replaced by "subscription-suspended".

Appendix B. Changes between revisions

(To be removed by RFC editor prior to publication)

B.1. v08 to v09

B.2. v07 to v08

B.3. v06 to v07

B.4. v05 to v06

B.5. v03 to v04

B.6. v01 to v03

B.7. v00 to v01

Authors' Addresses

Eric Voit Cisco Systems EMail: evoit@cisco.com
Alexander Clemm Huawei EMail: ludwig@clemm.org
Alberto Gonzalez Prieto VMware EMail: agonzalezpri@vmware.com
Einar Nilsen-Nygaard Cisco Systems EMail: einarnn@cisco.com
Ambika Prasad Tripathy Cisco Systems EMail: ambtripa@cisco.com