community.network.panos_import – import file on PAN-OS devices

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_import.

DEPRECATED

Removed in

version 2.0.0

Why

Consolidating code base.

Alternative

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

Synopsis

  • Import file on PAN-OS device

Requirements

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

  • pan-python

  • requests

  • requests_toolbelt

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
category
string
Default:
"software"
Category of file uploaded. The default is software.
See API > Import section of the API reference for category options.
file
string
Location of the file to import into device.
ip_address
string / required
IP address (or hostname) of PAN-OS device.
password
string / required
Password for authentication.
url
string
URL of the file that will be imported to device.
username
string
Default:
"admin"
Username for authentication.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. Disabling certificate validation is not recommended.

Notes

Note

  • API reference documentation can be read from the /api/ directory of your appliance

  • Certificate validation is enabled by default as of Ansible 2.6. This may break existing playbooks but should be disabled with caution.

Examples

# import software image PanOS_vm-6.1.1 on 192.168.1.1
- name: Import software image into PAN-OS
  community.network.panos_import:
    ip_address: 192.168.1.1
    username: admin
    password: admin
    file: /tmp/PanOS_vm-6.1.1
    category: software

Status

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

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Luigi Mori (@jtschichold), Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer)