community.network.ce_rollback – Set a checkpoint or rollback to a checkpoint on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 1.3.2).

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

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

Synopsis

  • This module offers the ability to set a configuration checkpoint file or rollback to a configuration checkpoint file on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
action
string / required
    Choices:
  • rollback
  • clear
  • set
  • display
  • commit
The operation of configuration rollback.
commit_id
string
Specifies the label of the configuration rollback point to which system configurations are expected to roll back. The value is an integer that the system generates automatically.
filename
string
Specifies a configuration file for configuration rollback. The value is a string of 5 to 64 case-sensitive characters in the format of *.zip, *.cfg, or *.dat, spaces not supported.
label
string
Specifies a user label for a configuration rollback point. The value is a string of 1 to 256 case-sensitive ASCII characters, spaces not supported. The value must start with a letter and cannot be presented in a single hyphen (-).
last
string
Specifies the number of configuration rollback points. The value is an integer that ranges from 1 to 80.
oldest
string
Specifies the number of configuration rollback points. The value is an integer that ranges from 1 to 80.

Notes

Note

  • Recommended connection is network_cli.

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

Examples

- name: Rollback module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

- name: Ensure commit_id is exist, and specifies the label of the configuration rollback point to
        which system configurations are expected to roll back.
  community.network.ce_rollback:
    commit_id: 1000000748
    action: rollback
    provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
check to see if a change was made on the device

Sample:
True
end_state
dictionary
always
k/v pairs of configuration after module execution

Sample:
{'commitId': '1000000748', 'userLabel': 'abc'}
existing
dictionary
sometimes
k/v pairs of existing rollback

Sample:
{'commitId': '1000000748', 'userLabel': 'abc'}
proposed
dictionary
sometimes
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'action': 'rollback', 'commit_id': '1000000748'}
updates
list / elements=string
always
command sent to the device

Sample:
['rollback configuration to file a.cfg', 'set configuration commit 1000000783 label ddd', 'clear configuration commit 1000000783 label', 'display configuration commit list']


Authors

  • Li Yanfeng (@QijunPan)