community.routeros.api_facts (2.14.0) — module

Collect facts from remote devices running MikroTik RouterOS using the API

| "added in version" 2.1.0 of community.routeros"

Authors: Egor Zaitsev (@heuels), Nikolay Dachev (@NikolayDachev), Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)

Install collection

Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.routeros:==2.14.0


Add to requirements.yml

  collections:
    - name: community.routeros
      version: 2.14.0

Description

Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running RouterOS. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with C(ansible_net_<fact>). The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.

As opposed to the M(community.routeros.facts) module, it uses the RouterOS API, similar to the M(community.routeros.api) module.


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Collect all facts from the device
  community.routeros.api_facts:
    hostname: 192.168.88.1
    username: admin
    password: password
    gather_subset: all
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Do not collect hardware facts
  community.routeros.api_facts:
    hostname: 192.168.88.1
    username: admin
    password: password
    gather_subset:
      - "!hardware"

Inputs

    
tls:
    aliases:
    - ssl
    default: false
    description:
    - If is set TLS will be used for RouterOS API connection.
    required: false
    type: bool

port:
    description:
    - RouterOS api port. If O(tls) is set, port will apply to TLS/SSL connection.
    - Defaults are V(8728) for the HTTP API, and V(8729) for the HTTPS API.
    type: int

ca_path:
    description:
    - PEM formatted file that contains a CA certificate to be used for certificate validation.
    - See also O(validate_cert_hostname). Only used when O(tls=true) and O(validate_certs=true).
    type: path
    version_added: 1.2.0
    version_added_collection: community.routeros

timeout:
    default: 10
    description:
    - Timeout for the request.
    type: int
    version_added: 2.3.0
    version_added_collection: community.routeros

encoding:
    default: ASCII
    description:
    - Use the specified encoding when communicating with the RouterOS device.
    - Default is V(ASCII). Note that V(UTF-8) requires librouteros 3.2.1 or newer.
    type: str
    version_added: 2.1.0
    version_added_collection: community.routeros

hostname:
    description:
    - RouterOS hostname API.
    required: true
    type: str

password:
    description:
    - RouterOS user password.
    required: true
    type: str

username:
    description:
    - RouterOS login user.
    required: true
    type: str

force_no_cert:
    default: false
    description:
    - Set to V(true) to connect without a certificate when O(tls=true).
    - See also O(validate_certs).
    - B(Note:) this forces the use of anonymous Diffie-Hellman (ADH) ciphers. The protocol
      is susceptible to Man-in-the-Middle attacks, because the keys used in the exchange
      are not authenticated. Instead of simply connecting without a certificate to "make
      things work" have a look at O(validate_certs) and O(ca_path).
    type: bool
    version_added: 2.4.0
    version_added_collection: community.routeros

gather_subset:
    default:
    - all
    description:
    - When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset.  Possible
      values for this argument include V(all), V(hardware), V(interfaces), and V(routing).
    - Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used
      with an initial V(!) to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.
    elements: str
    required: false
    type: list

validate_certs:
    default: true
    description:
    - Set to V(false) to skip validation of TLS certificates.
    - See also O(validate_cert_hostname). Only used when O(tls=true).
    - B(Note:) instead of simply deactivating certificate validations to "make things
      work", please consider creating your own CA certificate and using it to sign certificates
      used for your router. You can tell the module about your CA certificate with the
      O(ca_path) option.
    type: bool
    version_added: 1.2.0
    version_added_collection: community.routeros

validate_cert_hostname:
    default: false
    description:
    - Set to V(true) to validate hostnames in certificates.
    - See also O(validate_certs). Only used when O(tls=true) and O(validate_certs=true).
    type: bool
    version_added: 1.2.0
    version_added_collection: community.routeros

Outputs

ansible_facts:
  contains:
    ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses:
      description: All IPv4 addresses configured on the device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(interfaces)
      type: list
    ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses:
      description: All IPv6 addresses configured on the device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(interfaces)
      type: list
    ansible_net_arch:
      description: The CPU architecture of the device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
    ansible_net_bgp_instance:
      description: A dictionary with BGP instance information.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(routing)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_bgp_peer:
      description: A dictionary with BGP peer information.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(routing)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_bgp_vpnv4_route:
      description: A dictionary with BGP vpnv4 route information.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(routing)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_cpu_load:
      description: Current CPU load.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
    ansible_net_gather_subset:
      description: The list of fact subsets collected from the device.
      returned: always
      type: list
    ansible_net_hostname:
      description: The configured hostname of the device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
    ansible_net_interfaces:
      description: A hash of all interfaces running on the system.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(interfaces)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_memfree_mb:
      description: The available free memory on the remote device in MiB.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(hardware)
      type: int
    ansible_net_memtotal_mb:
      description: The total memory on the remote device in MiB.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(hardware)
      type: int
    ansible_net_model:
      description: The model name returned from the device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
    ansible_net_neighbors:
      description: The list of neighbors from the remote device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(interfaces)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_ospf_instance:
      description: A dictionary with OSPF instances.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(routing)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_ospf_neighbor:
      description: A dictionary with OSPF neighbors.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(routing)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_route:
      description: A dictionary for routes in all routing tables.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(routing)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_serialnum:
      description: The serial number of the remote device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
    ansible_net_spacefree_mb:
      description: The available disk space on the remote device in MiB.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(hardware)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_spacetotal_mb:
      description: The total disk space on the remote device in MiB.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(hardware)
      type: dict
    ansible_net_uptime:
      description: The uptime of the device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
    ansible_net_version:
      description: The operating system version running on the remote device.
      returned: O(gather_subset) contains V(default)
      type: str
  description: Dictionary of IP geolocation facts for a host's IP address.
  returned: always
  type: dict

See also