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ops_config - Manage OpenSwitch configuration using CLI

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

OpenSwitch configurations use a simple block indent file sytanx for segementing configuration into sections. This module provides an implementation for working with ops configuration sections in a deterministic way.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
after
no
    The ordered set of commands to append to the end of the command stack if a changed needs to be made. Just like with before this allows the playbook designer to append a set of commands to be executed after the command set.
    before
    no
      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
      config
      no
        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 config argument allows the implementer to pass in the configuruation to use as the base config for comparision.
        force
        no
        • true
        • false
        The force argument instructs the module to not consider the current devices running-config. When set to true, this will cause the module to push the contents of src into the device without first checking if already configured.
        host
        yes
          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. Note this argument does not affect the SSH argument.
          lines
          yes
            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 syntanx as some commands are automatically modified by the device config parser.
            match
            no line
            • line
            • strict
            • exact
            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 line, commands are matched line by line. If match is set to strict, command lines are matched with respect to position. Finally if match is set to exact, command lines must be an equal match.
            parents
            no
              The ordered set of parents that uniquely identify the section 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.
              password
              no
                Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or rest transports. Note this argument does not affect the SSH transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
                port
                no 0 (use common port)
                  Specifies the port to use when buiding the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or I(). The port value will default to the approriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443). Note this argument does not affect the SSH transport.
                  provider
                  no
                    Convience method that allows all openswitch arguments to be passed as a dict object. All constraints (required, choices, etc) must be met either by individual arguments or values in this dict.
                    replace
                    no line
                    • line
                    • block
                    Instructs the module on the way to perform the configuration on the device. If the replace argument is set to line then the modified lines are pushed to the device in configuration mode. If the replace argument is set to block then the entire command block is pushed to the device in configuration mode if any line is not correct
                    ssh_keyfile
                    no
                      Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
                      transport
                      yes ssh
                      • ssh
                      • cli
                      • rest
                      Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over ssh, cli or REST.
                      use_ssl
                      no True
                      • yes
                      • no
                      Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport argument is configured as rest. If the transport argument is not rest, this value is ignored
                      username
                      no
                        Configures the usename to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of username is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. Note this argument does not affect the SSH transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

                        Examples

                        - name: configure hostname over cli
                          ops_config:
                          lines:
                            - "hostname {{ inventory_hostname }}"
                        
                        - name: configure vlan 10 over cli
                          ops_config:
                          lines:
                            - no shutdown
                          parents:
                            - vlan 10
                        

                        Return Values

                        Common return values are documented here Common Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

                        name description returned type sample
                        updates The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device always list ['...', '...']
                        responses The set of responses from issuing the commands on the device list ['...', '...']


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