Creating a portable Python program or continuing from my adventures of starting to program in Python. I have pulled a repository that converts Cisco show inventory into Excel.
After tinkering around, I got the program working to extract the inventory from my Cisco config files. I have added a few interface hardware types, as these originally weren’t available.
I created an executable before, but the installer requires admin permissions to install some DLLs. That is not going to work on corporate computers.
It has to be in a portable format, so no installation is required. This requires the installation of PyInstaller.
pip install pyinstaller
Thereafter, compile the Python program
pyinstaller --onefile your_script_name.pyThis will create the Windows executable in the DIST folder. The next step is to distribute the program without tripping the Antivirus or Email filters.