community.network.ce_netconf module – Run an arbitrary netconf command on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_netconf.

Note

The community.network collection has been deprecated and will be removed from Ansible 12. See the discussion thread for more information.

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

version 6.0.0

Why:

This collection and all content in it is unmaintained and deprecated.

Alternative:

Unknown.

Synopsis

  • Sends an arbitrary netconf command on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Aliases: network.cloudengine.ce_netconf

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cfg_xml

string / required

The config xml string.

rpc

string / required

The type of rpc.

Choices:

  • "get"

  • "edit-config"

  • "execute-action"

  • "execute-cli"

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.

  • Recommended connection is netconf.

  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: CloudEngine netconf test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false

  tasks:

  - name: "Netconf get operation"
    community.network.ce_netconf:
      rpc: get
      cfg_xml: '<filter type="subtree">
                  <vlan xmlns="http://www.huawei.com/netconf/vrp" content-version="1.0" format-version="1.0">
                    <vlans>
                      <vlan>
                        <vlanId>10</vlanId>
                        <vlanif>
                          <ifName></ifName>
                          <cfgBand></cfgBand>
                          <dampTime></dampTime>
                        </vlanif>
                      </vlan>
                    </vlans>
                  </vlan>
                </filter>'

  - name: "Netconf edit-config operation"
    community.network.ce_netconf:
      rpc: edit-config
      cfg_xml: '<config>
                    <aaa xmlns="http://www.huawei.com/netconf/vrp" content-version="1.0" format-version="1.0">
                      <authenticationSchemes>
                        <authenticationScheme operation="create">
                          <authenSchemeName>default_wdz</authenSchemeName>
                          <firstAuthenMode>local</firstAuthenMode>
                          <secondAuthenMode>invalid</secondAuthenMode>
                        </authenticationScheme>
                      </authenticationSchemes>
                    </aaa>
                   </config>'

  - name: "Netconf execute-action operation"
    community.network.ce_netconf:
      rpc: execute-action
      cfg_xml: '<action>
                     <l2mc xmlns="http://www.huawei.com/netconf/vrp" content-version="1.0" format-version="1.0">
                       <l2McResetAllVlanStatis>
                         <addrFamily>ipv4unicast</addrFamily>
                       </l2McResetAllVlanStatis>
                     </l2mc>
                   </action>'

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

check to see if a change was made on the device

Returned: always

Sample: true

end_state

dictionary

k/v pairs of aaa params after module execution

Returned: always

Sample: {"result": ["ok"]}

Status

  • This module will be removed in version 6.0.0. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • wangdezhuang (@QijunPan)