napalm_linux/linux.py

@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ _REFRESH = {
 }
 _YUM_SECURITY_COMMAND = "LC_ALL=C yum updateinfo list security -q 2>/dev/null"
 
+#: Restart the host two seconds later, detached from this session: the launcher's
+#: exit status comes back before the host goes down, and closing the session
+#: cannot take the restart with it.
+_REBOOT_DETACHED = "sh -c '(trap \"\" HUP; sleep 2; /sbin/reboot) </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &'"
+
 #: What to do when sudo wants a password netOrk does not have.
 _SUDO_PASSWORD_HINT = (
     "sudo requires a password on this device but none is configured in netOrk. "
@@ -389,6 +394,21 @@ class LinuxDriver(KernelFactsMixin, SystemdServicesMixin, HostStatusMixin, OSDri
             return self._sudo(command, read_timeout=timeout)
         return self._send(f"sudo -n {command}", read_timeout=timeout)
 
+    def reboot_host(self) -> None:
+        """Restart the host (``HostRebootMixin``); returns once the restart is under way.
+
+        :raises RuntimeError: when the host refuses -- sudo without a password,
+            no ``reboot`` -- or its answer carried no exit status.
+        """
+        output, status = _split_status(
+            self._run_privileged(f"{_REBOOT_DETACHED}; echo {_RC_MARKER}$?", 30)
+        )
+        if status != 0:
+            reason = output or f"the reboot command exited with status {status}"
+            if "password is required" in output:
+                reason = f"{reason}\n{_SUDO_PASSWORD_HINT}"
+            raise RuntimeError(reason)
+
     def _run_host_status_command(self, command: str) -> str:
         """The transport for ``HostStatusMixin.get_host_status``: read-only, no sudo."""
         return self._send(command, read_timeout=60)

tests/test_linux.py

@@ -1517,3 +1517,41 @@ class TestTerminalCodes:
         driver._device.send_command.side_effect = ["0", "Hit:1 noble InRelease\n\x1b>__NETORK_RC=0"]
 
         assert driver.refresh_available_updates()["success"] is True
+
+
+class TestRebootHost:
+    """``reboot_host`` (napalm-device-types' ``HostRebootMixin``) restarts the host.
+
+    Without it netOrk could not restart a Linux host at all: its capability check
+    looks for ``reboot_host`` and found nothing (netOrk #637). The restart is
+    detached and a moment late, so the launcher's exit status comes back before
+    the host goes down, and closing the session cannot take it along.
+    """
+
+    def test_the_driver_can_restart_its_host(self):
+        assert callable(getattr(LinuxDriver, "reboot_host", None))
+
+    def test_the_restart_is_detached_and_privileged(self, driver):
+        driver._root = False
+        driver._device.send_command.return_value = "\n__NETORK_RC=0"
+
+        driver.reboot_host()
+
+        sent = driver._device.send_command.call_args[0][0]
+        assert sent.startswith("sudo -n sh -c ")
+        assert "/sbin/reboot" in sent and "trap" in sent and "&" in sent
+        assert sent.endswith("echo __NETORK_RC=$?")
+
+    def test_a_refusal_is_raised_with_what_the_host_said(self, driver):
+        driver._root = False
+        driver._device.send_command.return_value = "sudo: a password is required\n__NETORK_RC=1"
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="password is required"):
+            driver.reboot_host()
+
+    def test_no_exit_status_is_no_success(self, driver):
+        driver._root = True
+        driver._device.send_command.return_value = "something else"
+
+        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+            driver.reboot_host()