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sros_config - Manage Nokia SR OS device configuration

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
after
The ordered set of commands to append to the end of the command stack if a change 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.
backup
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
This argument will cause the module to create a full backup of the current running-config from the remote device before any changes are made. The backup file is written to the backup folder in the playbook root directory. If the directory does not exist, it is created.
before
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
(added in 2.2)
The config argument allows the playbook designer to supply the base configuration to be used to validate configuration changes necessary. If this argument is provided, the module will not download the running-config from the remote node.
defaults
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
This argument specifies whether or not to collect all defaults when getting the remote device running config. When enabled, the module will get the current config by issuing the command show running-config all.

aliases: detail
force
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
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.
Note this argument should be considered deprecated. To achieve the equivalent, set the match=none which is idempotent. This argument will be removed in a future release.
lines
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. The lines argument only supports current context lines. See EXAMPLES

aliases: commands
match
    Choices:
  • line ←
  • strict
  • exact
  • none
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. If match is set to exact, command lines must be an equal match. Finally, if match is set to none, the module will not attempt to compare the source configuration with the running configuration on the remote device.
parents
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.
provider
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.
replace
    Choices:
  • 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.
save
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
The save argument instructs the module to save the running- config to the startup-config at the conclusion of the module running. If check mode is specified, this argument is ignored.
src
(added in 2.2)
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 lines, parents.

Notes

Note

Examples

# Note: examples below use the following provider dict to handle
#       transport and authentication to the node.
---
vars:
  cli:
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: admin
    password: admin
    transport: cli

---
- name: enable rollback location
  sros_config:
    lines: configure system rollback rollback-location "cf3:/ansible"
    provider: "{{ cli }}"

- name: set system name to {{ inventory_hostname }} using one line
  sros_config:
    lines:
        - configure system name "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    provider: "{{ cli }}"

- name: set system name to {{ inventory_hostname }} using parents
  sros_config:
    lines:
        - 'name "{{ inventory_hostname }}"'
    parents:
        - configure
        - system
    provider: "{{ cli }}"
    backup: yes

- name: load config from file
  sros_config:
      src: "{{ inventory_hostname }}.cfg"
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
      save: yes

- name: invalid use of lines
  sros_config:
    lines:
      - service
      -     vpls 1000 customer foo 1 create
      -         description "invalid lines example"
    provider: "{{ cli }}"

- name: valid use of lines
  sros_config:
    lines:
      - description "invalid lines example"
    parents:
      - service
      - vpls 1000 customer foo 1 create
    provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
backup_path
string
when backup is yes
The full path to the backup file

Sample:
/playbooks/ansible/backup/sros_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34
commands
list
always
The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device

Sample:
['config system name "sros01"']
updates
list
always
The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device

Sample:
['config system name "sros01"']


Status

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

Author

  • Peter Sprygada (@privateip)

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