ansible / ansible.builtin / v2.8.11 / module / ios_config Manage Cisco IOS configuration sections | "added in version" 2.1 of ansible.builtin" Authors: Peter Sprygada (@privateip) preview | supported by networkansible.builtin.ios_config (v2.8.11) — module
pip
Install with pip install ansible==2.8.11
Cisco IOS configurations use a simple block indent file syntax for segmenting configuration into sections. This module provides an implementation for working with IOS configuration sections in a deterministic way.
- name: configure top level configuration ios_config: lines: hostname {{ inventory_hostname }}
- name: configure interface settings ios_config: lines: - description test interface - ip address 172.31.1.1 255.255.255.0 parents: interface Ethernet1
- name: configure ip helpers on multiple interfaces ios_config: lines: - ip helper-address 172.26.1.10 - ip helper-address 172.26.3.8 parents: "{{ item }}" with_items: - interface Ethernet1 - interface Ethernet2 - interface GigabitEthernet1
- name: configure policer in Scavenger class ios_config: lines: - conform-action transmit - exceed-action drop parents: - policy-map Foo - class Scavenger - police cir 64000
- name: load new acl into device ios_config: lines: - 10 permit ip host 192.0.2.1 any log - 20 permit ip host 192.0.2.2 any log - 30 permit ip host 192.0.2.3 any log - 40 permit ip host 192.0.2.4 any log - 50 permit ip host 192.0.2.5 any log parents: ip access-list extended test before: no ip access-list extended test match: exact
- name: check the running-config against master config ios_config: diff_against: intended intended_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'master.cfg') }}"
- name: check the startup-config against the running-config ios_config: diff_against: startup diff_ignore_lines: - ntp clock .*
- name: save running to startup when modified ios_config: save_when: modified
- name: for idempotency, use full-form commands ios_config: lines: # - shut - shutdown # parents: int gig1/0/11 parents: interface GigabitEthernet1/0/11
# Set boot image based on comparison to a group_var (version) and the version # that is returned from the `ios_facts` module - name: SETTING BOOT IMAGE ios_config: lines: - no boot system - boot system flash bootflash:{{new_image}} host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}" when: ansible_net_version != version
- name: render a Jinja2 template onto an IOS device ios_config: backup: yes src: ios_template.j2
- name: configurable backup path ios_config: src: ios_template.j2 backup: yes backup_options: filename: backup.cfg dir_path: /home/user
src: description: - Specifies the source path to the file that contains the configuration or configuration template to load. The path to the source file can either be the full path on the Ansible control host or a relative path from the playbook or role root directory. This argument is mutually exclusive with I(lines), I(parents). version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin after: description: - The ordered set of commands to append to the end of the command stack if a change needs to be made. Just like with I(before) this allows the playbook designer to append a set of commands to be executed after the command set. lines: aliases: - commands description: - The ordered set of commands that should be configured in the section. The commands must be the exact same commands as found in the device running-config. Be sure to note the configuration command syntax as some commands are automatically modified by the device config parser. match: choices: - line - strict - exact - none default: line description: - Instructs the module on the way to perform the matching of the set of commands against the current device config. If match is set to I(line), commands are matched line by line. If match is set to I(strict), command lines are matched with respect to position. If match is set to I(exact), command lines must be an equal match. Finally, if match is set to I(none), the module will not attempt to compare the source configuration with the running configuration on the remote device. backup: default: 'no' description: - This argument will cause the module to create a full backup of the current C(running-config) from the remote device before any changes are made. If the C(backup_options) value is not given, the backup file is written to the C(backup) folder in the playbook root directory or role root directory, if playbook is part of an ansible role. If the directory does not exist, it is created. type: bool version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin before: description: - The ordered set of commands to push on to the command stack if a change needs to be made. This allows the playbook designer the opportunity to perform configuration commands prior to pushing any changes without affecting how the set of commands are matched against the system. parents: description: - The ordered set of parents that uniquely identify the section or hierarchy the commands should be checked against. If the parents argument is omitted, the commands are checked against the set of top level or global commands. replace: choices: - line - block default: line description: - Instructs the module on the way to perform the configuration on the device. If the replace argument is set to I(line) then the modified lines are pushed to the device in configuration mode. If the replace argument is set to I(block) then the entire command block is pushed to the device in configuration mode if any line is not correct. defaults: default: 'no' description: - This argument specifies whether or not to collect all defaults when getting the remote device running config. When enabled, the module will get the current config by issuing the command C(show running-config all). type: bool version_added: '2.2' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin save_when: choices: - always - never - modified - changed default: never description: - When changes are made to the device running-configuration, the changes are not copied to non-volatile storage by default. Using this argument will change that before. If the argument is set to I(always), then the running-config will always be copied to the startup-config and the I(modified) flag will always be set to True. If the argument is set to I(modified), then the running-config will only be copied to the startup-config if it has changed since the last save to startup-config. If the argument is set to I(never), the running-config will never be copied to the startup-config. If the argument is set to I(changed), then the running-config will only be copied to the startup-config if the task has made a change. I(changed) was added in Ansible 2.5. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin diff_against: choices: - running - startup - intended description: - When using the C(ansible-playbook --diff) command line argument the module can generate diffs against different sources. - When this option is configure as I(startup), the module will return the diff of the running-config against the startup-config. - When this option is configured as I(intended), the module will return the diff of the running-config against the configuration provided in the C(intended_config) argument. - When this option is configured as I(running), the module will return the before and after diff of the running-config with respect to any changes made to the device configuration. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin backup_options: description: - This is a dict object containing configurable options related to backup file path. The value of this option is read only when C(backup) is set to I(yes), if C(backup) is set to I(no) this option will be silently ignored. suboptions: dir_path: description: - This option provides the path ending with directory name in which the backup configuration file will be stored. If the directory does not exist it will be first created and the filename is either the value of C(filename) or default filename as described in C(filename) options description. If the path value is not given in that case a I(backup) directory will be created in the current working directory and backup configuration will be copied in C(filename) within I(backup) directory. type: path filename: description: - The filename to be used to store the backup configuration. If the the filename is not given it will be generated based on the hostname, current time and date in format defined by <hostname>_config.<current-date>@<current-time> type: dict version_added: '2.8' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin running_config: aliases: - config description: - The module, by default, will connect to the remote device and retrieve the current running-config to use as a base for comparing against the contents of source. There are times when it is not desirable to have the task get the current running-config for every task in a playbook. The I(running_config) argument allows the implementer to pass in the configuration to use as the base config for comparison. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin intended_config: description: - The C(intended_config) provides the master configuration that the node should conform to and is used to check the final running-config against. This argument will not modify any settings on the remote device and is strictly used to check the compliance of the current device's configuration against. When specifying this argument, the task should also modify the C(diff_against) value and set it to I(intended). version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin diff_ignore_lines: description: - Use this argument to specify one or more lines that should be ignored during the diff. This is used for lines in the configuration that are automatically updated by the system. This argument takes a list of regular expressions or exact line matches. version_added: '2.4' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin multiline_delimiter: default: '@' description: - This argument is used when pushing a multiline configuration element to the IOS device. It specifies the character to use as the delimiting character. This only applies to the configuration action. version_added: '2.3' version_added_collection: ansible.builtin
backup_path: description: The full path to the backup file returned: when backup is yes sample: /playbooks/ansible/backup/ios_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34 type: str commands: description: The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device returned: always sample: - hostname foo - router ospf 1 - router-id 192.0.2.1 type: list date: description: The date extracted from the backup file name returned: when backup is yes sample: '2016-07-16' type: str filename: description: The name of the backup file returned: when backup is yes and filename is not specified in backup options sample: ios_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34 type: str shortname: description: The full path to the backup file excluding the timestamp returned: when backup is yes and filename is not specified in backup options sample: /playbooks/ansible/backup/ios_config type: str time: description: The time extracted from the backup file name returned: when backup is yes sample: '22:28:34' type: str updates: description: The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device returned: always sample: - hostname foo - router ospf 1 - router-id 192.0.2.1 type: list