Slice activation and deactivation

Activating a slice

Slice activation presupposes a slice already exists. So, after creating the desired slice according to the steps in the previous page, simply use the client.slices.activate() method to activate the slice.

from network_as_code.client import NetworkAsCodeClient
 
device = client.devices.get(...)
 
slice = client.slices.create(...)
 
# Activate the slice by its name
slice.activate(slice_id="<replace-with-slice-name>")

NOTE: A slice might take a significant amount of time (minutes) to be set up. So, you can configure a web server to receive to receive slice-status notifications. This will allow you to know when a slice is ready to be configured as desired.

Deactivating a slice

Use the following SDK snippet to deactivate slice.

from network_as_code.client import NetworkAsCodeClient
 
device = client.devices.get(...)
 
slice = client.slices.create(...)
 
slice.activate(...)
 
# Deactivate the slice by its name
slice.deactivate(slice_id="<replace-with-slice-name>")

Keep in mind: Slices need to be deactivated before you delete them. Therefore, it's not possible to delete an active slice (with an OPERATING status). Check how you can delete a slice.

Slice activation and deactivation parameter

The slice.activate() and slice.deactivate() methods require the following parameter: