Automate The Creation of VAPs With The Realm Python Library

Goal: Create a python script to create VAPs

Using the `realm.py` library we will write a script that will allow us to automate the creation of VAPs. Requires LANforge 5.4.2

Building a VAP
1. VAPProfile
  1. The preferred method for creating a vap_profile is to use the factory method new_vap_profile() found in realm
    1. We will need to set the name of our vap using vap_profile.vap_name
      Example:
```
vap_profile.vap_name = "TestNet"
```
    2. vap_profile.use_security(security_type, ssid, passwd) is the preferred method to use when setting the security type, ssid, and password variables. Available security types are wpa, wpa2, wpa3, wep, and open.
      Example:
```
vap_profile.use_security(type="wpa2", ssid="testNet", passwd="testPass") 
```
    3. We can change the mode at any time before calling create() by modifying the vap_profile.mode variable. Changing the mode will allow us to specify the 802.11 wireless standard the VAP uses. See here for available modes.
      Example:
```
vap_profile.mode = 1
```
    4. The channel to be used by the VAP can be set with the channel parameter of the create() method.
      Example:
```
vap_profile.create(resource=1, radio="wiphy0", channel=36, up_=True)
```
Bringing VAPs Up/Down
1. vap_profile.admin_up() and vap_profile.admin_down() can be used to bring the VAP up or down, as necessary.
Using TTLS
1. TTLS setup requires a few pieces of information to work correctly. VAPProfile has a set_wifi_extra() method for setting the relevant variables. See here for the available options
2. We will need a key management type (key_mgmt), an EAP method (eap), an EAP identity string (identity), an EAP password string (passwd), an 802.11u realm (realm), an 802.11u domain (domain), and an 802.11u HESSID (hessid)
  Example:
```
key_mgmt="WPA-EAP"
eap="TTLS"
identity="testuser"
passwd="testpasswd"
realm="localhost.localdomain"
domain="localhost.localdomain"
hessid="00:00:00:00:00:01"
```
  We can then use these variables to call the set_wifi_extra() method
  Example:
```
vap_profile.set_wifi_extra(key_mgmt, eap, identity, passwd, realm, domain, hessid)
```
Cleaning Up
1. vap_profile.cleanup() can be used to remove any VAPs that were created by the profile

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Automate The Creation of VAPs With The Realm Python Library

Goal: Create a python script to create VAPs

Building a VAP

Bringing VAPs Up/Down

Using TTLS

Cleaning Up