IxNetwork

What it is and what it does

IxNetwork is a Python binding to Ixia's IxNetwork Low Level API, enabling programmatic control of network test equipment and simulations. It wraps the REST/WebSocket interface of an IxNetwork API server, allowing you to script test configuration, execution, and result collection rather than using the GUI.

The package depends on requests, websocket-client, and pyopenssl for secure communication with the API server. It's designed for network engineers and test automation developers who need to integrate Ixia's test capabilities into CI/CD pipelines or custom test frameworks. The library is classified as Production/Stable but has not been updated in over two years, so it is best suited for environments already running compatible IxNetwork server versions.

Use it for:

• Automate network performance and load testing by scripting IxNetwork test scenarios instead of configuring them manually in the GUI.
• Integrate Ixia network testing into CI/CD pipelines to validate network behavior as part of infrastructure deployment workflows.
• Build custom test harnesses that combine IxNetwork simulations with other monitoring or analysis tools via Python.
• Provision and tear down test topologies programmatically across distributed test environments.
• Generate and analyze network test reports by querying IxNetwork API results directly from Python scripts.

Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying

IxNetwork is a Python client library for configuring and running tests against Ixia's IxNetwork API server, supporting both Windows and Linux (Web Edition) deployments.

Yes, if you are already committed to using IxNetwork and need Python scripting support. The package is stable, permissively licensed, and has no known vulnerabilities. However, the 966-day gap since the last release and dormant maintenance status mean you should verify compatibility with your specific IxNetwork server version and Python environment before adopting it in a new project. Not suitable if you need active upstream support or are evaluating alternatives.

Install

ixnetwork on PyPI

pip install ixnetwork

uv add ixnetwork

poetry add ixnetwork

Installing IxNetwork

Before you install

Low install friction with a pure-wheel distribution. Maintenance is dormant (966 days since last release), though the package remains classified as Production/Stable and carries no known security vulnerabilities.

License in practice

MIT license (permissive) — you can use, modify, and distribute this package freely in both open and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart

pip install ixnetwork

import ixnetwork
# Connect to IxNetwork API server and configure tests
ix = ixnetwork.IxNetwork()
ix.connect(serverIp='<api_server_ip>')

Requires an IxNetwork API server (Windows 8.40+ or Web Edition Linux 8.50+) running and accessible on the network; cannot function standalone.

Verify before relying

• Whether the package still works reliably with modern Python versions (3.10, 3.11, 3.12 are listed in classifiers but last release was 966 days ago).
• Current compatibility status with recent IxNetwork server versions beyond 8.50.
• Whether dormant maintenance status indicates the package is stable or at risk of bitrot.

Package facts

Evidence: IxNetwork-9.30.2212.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Keywords: ixia, ixnetwork

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