community.network.cnos_banner (5.0.2) — module

Manage multiline banners on Lenovo CNOS devices

Authors: Anil Kumar Muraleedharan (@amuraleedhar)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.network:==5.0.2


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.network
      version: 5.0.2

Description

This will configure both login and motd banners on remote devices running Lenovo CNOS. It allows playbooks to add or remote banner text from the active running configuration.

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Configure the login banner
  community.network.cnos_banner:
    banner: login
    text: |
      this is my login banner
      that contains a multiline
      string
    state: present
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Remove the motd banner
  community.network.cnos_banner:
    banner: motd
    state: absent
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Configure banner from file
  community.network.cnos_banner:
    banner:  motd
    text: "{{ lookup('file', './config_partial/raw_banner.cfg') }}"
    state: present

Inputs

    
text:
    description:
    - The banner text that should be present in the remote device running configuration.  This
      argument accepts a multiline string, with no empty lines. Requires I(state=present).

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - Specifies whether or not the configuration is present in the current devices active
      running configuration.

banner:
    choices:
    - login
    - motd
    description:
    - Specifies which banner should be configured on the remote device. In Ansible 2.8
      and earlier only I(login) and I(motd) were supported.
    required: true

Outputs

commands:
  description: The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
  returned: always
  sample:
  - banner login
  - this is my login banner
  - that contains a multiline
  - string
  type: list