community.general.nos_config (0.1.1) — module

Manage Extreme Networks NOS configuration sections

Authors: Lindsay Hill (@LindsayHill)

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This plugin has a corresponding action plugin.

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.general:==0.1.1


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.general
      version: 0.1.1

Description

Extreme NOS configurations use a simple block indent file syntax for segmenting configuration into sections. This module provides an implementation for working with NOS configuration sections in a deterministic way.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure top level configuration
  nos_config:
    lines: logging raslog console INFO
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure interface settings
  nos_config:
    lines:
      - description test interface
      - ip address 172.31.1.1/24
    parents:
      - interface TenGigabitEthernet 104/0/1
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configure multiple interfaces
  nos_config:
    lines:
      - lacp timeout long
    parents: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - interface TenGigabitEthernet 104/0/1
    - interface TenGigabitEthernet 104/0/2
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: load new acl into device
  nos_config:
    lines:
      - seq 10 permit ip host 1.1.1.1 any log
      - seq 20 permit ip host 2.2.2.2 any log
      - seq 30 permit ip host 3.3.3.3 any log
      - seq 40 permit ip host 4.4.4.4 any log
      - seq 50 permit ip host 5.5.5.5 any log
    parents: ip access-list extended test
    before: no ip access-list extended test
    match: exact
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: check the running-config against master config
  nos_config:
    diff_against: intended
    intended_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'master.cfg') }}"
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: configurable backup path
  nos_config:
    lines: logging raslog console INFO
    backup: yes
    backup_options:
      filename: backup.cfg
      dir_path: /home/user

Inputs

    
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).

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. If the directory does not exist, it is created.
    type: bool

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.

diff_against:
    choices:
    - running
    - intended
    description:
    - When using the C(ansible-playbook --diff) command line argument the module can generate
      diffs against different sources.
    - 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.

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 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

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.

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).

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.

multiline_delimiter:
    default: '@'
    description:
    - This argument is used when pushing a multiline configuration element to the NOS
      device. It specifies the character to use as the delimiting character. This only
      applies to the configuration action.

Outputs

backup_path:
  description: The full path to the backup file
  returned: when backup is yes
  sample: /playbooks/ansible/backup/nos_config.2018-02-12@18:26:34
  type: str
commands:
  description: The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device
  returned: always
  sample:
  - switch-attributes hostname foo
  - router ospf
  - area 0
  type: list
updates:
  description: The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device
  returned: always
  sample:
  - switch-attributes hostname foo
  - router ospf
  - area 0
  type: list