Try SpotterManage snapshots of the running states of selected features.
| "added in version" 2.2 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)
preview | supported by network
pipInstall with pip install ansible==2.9.13
Create snapshots of the running states of selected features, add new show commands for snapshot creation, delete and compare existing snapshots.
# Create a snapshot and store it locally
- nxos_snapshot:
action: create
snapshot_name: test_snapshot
description: Done with Ansible
save_snapshot_locally: true
path: /home/user/snapshots/
# Delete a snapshot
- nxos_snapshot:
action: delete
snapshot_name: test_snapshot
# Delete all existing snapshots
- nxos_snapshot:
action: delete_all
# Add a show command for snapshots creation
- nxos_snapshot:
section: myshow
show_command: show ip interface brief
row_id: ROW_intf
element_key1: intf-name
# Compare two snapshots
- nxos_snapshot:
action: compare
snapshot1: pre_snapshot
snapshot2: post_snapshot
comparison_results_file: compare_snapshots.txt
compare_option: summary
path: '../snapshot_reports/'
path:
default: ./
description:
- Specify the path of the file where new created snapshot or snapshots comparison
will be stored, to be used when C(action=create) and C(save_snapshot_locally=true)
or C(action=compare).
action:
choices:
- add
- compare
- create
- delete
- delete_all
description:
- Define what snapshot action the module would perform.
required: true
row_id:
description:
- Specifies the tag of each row entry of the show command's XML output, to be used
when C(action=add).
section:
description:
- Used to name the show command output, to be used when C(action=add).
provider:
description:
- B(Deprecated)
- 'Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using C(connection: network_cli).'
- 'Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using C(connection: httpapi) for NX-API.'
- This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.
- For more information please see the L(NXOS Platform Options guide, ../network/user_guide/platform_nxos.html).
- HORIZONTALLINE
- A dict object containing connection details.
suboptions:
auth_pass:
description:
- Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote
device. If I(authorize) is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value
is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS)
will be used instead.
type: str
authorize:
default: false
description:
- Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending
any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands
in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value
of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE) will be used instead.
type: bool
host:
description:
- Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over
the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address
for the transport.
type: str
password:
description:
- Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This
is a common argument used for either I(cli) or I(nxapi) transports. If the value
is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD)
will be used instead.
type: str
port:
description:
- Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This
value applies to either I(cli) or I(nxapi). The port value will default to
the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22,
http=80, https=443).
type: int
ssh_keyfile:
description:
- Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This
argument is only used for the I(cli) transport. If the value is not specified
in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE) will
be used instead.
type: str
timeout:
description:
- Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for
either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the
operation is completed, the module will error. NX-API can be slow to return
on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
type: int
transport:
choices:
- cli
- nxapi
default: cli
description:
- Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The
transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
type: str
use_proxy:
default: true
description:
- If C(no), the environment variables C(http_proxy) and C(https_proxy) will be
ignored.
type: bool
use_ssl:
default: false
description:
- Configures the I(transport) to use SSL if set to C(yes) only when the C(transport=nxapi),
otherwise this value is ignored.
type: bool
username:
description:
- Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote
device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi
authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified
in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME) will
be used instead.
type: str
validate_certs:
default: false
description:
- If C(no), SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on
personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport
argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
type: bool
type: dict
snapshot1:
description:
- First snapshot to be used when C(action=compare).
snapshot2:
description:
- Second snapshot to be used when C(action=compare).
description:
description:
- Snapshot description to be used when C(action=create).
element_key1:
description:
- Specify the tags used to distinguish among row entries, to be used when C(action=add).
element_key2:
description:
- Specify the tags used to distinguish among row entries, to be used when C(action=add).
show_command:
description:
- Specify a new show command, to be used when C(action=add).
snapshot_name:
description:
- Snapshot name, to be used when C(action=create) or C(action=delete).
compare_option:
choices:
- summary
- ipv4routes
- ipv6routes
description:
- Snapshot options to be used when C(action=compare).
save_snapshot_locally:
default: 'no'
description:
- Specify to locally store a new created snapshot, to be used when C(action=create).
type: bool
comparison_results_file:
description:
- Name of the file where snapshots comparison will be stored when C(action=compare).
commands: description: commands sent to the device returned: verbose mode sample: - snapshot create post_snapshot Post-snapshot type: list