panos_import – import file on PAN-OS devices

DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible

version: 2.12

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 -	Default: "software"	Category of file uploaded. The default is software. See API > Import section of the API reference for category options.
file -		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 -		URL of the file that will be imported to device.
username string	Default: "admin"	Username for authentication.
validate_certs boolean added in 2.6	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
  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 2.12. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

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

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