junos_scp - Transfer files from or to remote devices running Junos¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module transfers files via SCP from or to remote devices running Junos.

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

junos-eznc
ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
dest	Default: .	The `dest` argument specifies the path in which to receive the files.
provider		Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` or `connection: netconf`. For more information please see the Junos OS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
host required		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.
ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
timeout	Default: 10	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.
password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for `transport=cli`) or port 830 (for `transport=netconf`) device.
recursive	Choices: no ← yes	The `recursive` argument enables recursive transfer of files and directories.
remote_src	Choices: no ← yes	The `remote_src` argument enables the download of files (scp get) from the remote device. The default behavior is to upload files (scp put) to the remote device.
src required		The `src` argument takes a single path, or a list of paths to be transfered. The argument `recursive` must be `true` to transfer directories.

Notes ¶

Note

This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
Tested against vMX JUNOS version 17.3R1.10.
For information on using CLI and netconf see the Junos OS Platform Options guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Juniper network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-juniper.

Examples ¶

# the required set of connection arguments have been purposely left off
# the examples for brevity
- name: upload local file to home directory on remote device
  junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz

- name: upload local file to tmp directory on remote device
  junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz
    dest: /tmp/

- name: download file from remote device
  junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz
    remote_src: true

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed bool	always	always true

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Christian Giese (@GIC-de)

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