community.network.panos_commit – commit firewall’s candidate configuration

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.panos_commit.

DEPRECATED

Removed in

version 2.0.0

Why

Consolidating code base.

Alternative

Use https://galaxy.ansible.com/PaloAltoNetworks/paloaltonetworks instead.

Synopsis

  • PanOS module that will commit firewall’s candidate configuration on

  • the device. The new configuration will become active immediately.

Requirements

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

  • pan-python

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
commit_changes_by
list / elements=string
Commit changes made by specified admin
commit_vsys
list / elements=string
Commit changes for specified VSYS
description
string
Commit description/comment
interval
string
Default:
0.5
interval for checking commit job
ip_address
string / required
IP address (or hostname) of PAN-OS device.
password
string / required
Password for authentication. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
sync
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
if commit should be synchronous
timeout
string
timeout for commit job
username
string
Default:
"admin"
Username for authentication. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead if defined. admin will be used if nothing above is defined.

Examples

- name: Commit candidate config on 192.168.1.1 in sync mode
  community.network.panos_commit:
    ip_address: "192.168.1.1"
    username: "admin"
    password: "admin"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
panos_commit
complex
always
Information about commit job.
 
job_id
string
always
Palo Alto job ID for the commit operation. Only returned if commit job is launched on device.

Sample:
139
 
status_code
string
always
Palo Alto API status code. Null if commit is successful.

Sample:
19
 
status_detail
string
always
Palo Alto API detailed status message.

Sample:
Configuration committed successfully
 
status_text
string
always
Palo Alto API status text.

Sample:
success


Status

  • This module will be removed in version 2.0.0. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Luigi Mori (@jtschichold)

  • Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer)

  • Tomi Raittinen (@traittinen)