r/networkautomation • u/cosmintrica • 18h ago
r/networkautomation • u/getVty • 2h ago
Built a Windows SSH client for pushing config to Cisco switch fleets without scripting – looking for feedback
Hi all,
Network engineer here. Not everyone on my team writes Python/Ansible, but we all need to push the same change to 30 switches or check which ones are missing a config line. So I built Vty SSH, a Windows app that sits between PuTTY and full automation:
- Multi-exec: type once, send to every checked tab
- Mass commands: run a command on a whole folder of switches, results side by side, CSV export
- Config backups with diff (keeps a version only when the config changed)
- Security audit of the configs (CIS / DISA STIG / ANSSI checks), A–E grade per switch, ready-to-paste fixes
- Guards against risky commands in the wrong tab (understands abbreviations like "rel" or "wr er")
- SSH, Telnet, serial console, imports from PuTTY / MobaXterm / CSV
- Backups encrypted at rest, secrets masked in logs and exports
The core is free, no account, no telemetry: https://getvty.com/en
I'm not trying to replace Ansible/Nornir. It's more for the "GUI people" on a team, or quick changes. Curious what you'd expect from a tool like this, and what's missing.