cisco.asa.asa_facts – Collect facts from remote devices running Cisco ASA¶
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.asa collection (version 1.0.4).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.asa
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.asa.asa_facts
.
New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.asa
Synopsis¶
Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running ASA. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with
ansible_net_<fact>
. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.Note, to collects facts from ASA device properly user should elevate the privilege to become.
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters¶
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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authorize
boolean
|
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Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using
connection: network_cli and become: yes .For more information please see the Network Guide.
Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead. |
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context
string
|
Specifies which context to target if you are running in the ASA in multiple context mode. Defaults to the current context you login to.
|
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gather_network_resources
list
/ elements=string
|
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all and the resources like interfaces, vlans etc. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial
! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected. Valid subsets are 'all', 'acls', 'ogs'. |
||
gather_subset
list
/ elements=string
|
Default: "!config"
|
When supplied, this argument restricts the facts collected to a given subset.
Possible values for this argument include
all , min , hardware , config .Specify a list of values to include a larger subset.
Use a value with an initial
! to collect all facts except that subset. |
|
passwords
boolean
|
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Specifies which context to target if you are running in the ASA in multiple context mode. Defaults to the current context you login to.
|
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provider
dictionary
|
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using
connection: network_cli .For more information please see the Network Guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
|
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auth_pass
string
|
Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead. |
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authorize
boolean
|
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Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead. |
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host
string
|
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
|
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password
string
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Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead. |
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port
integer
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Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
|
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ssh_keyfile
path
|
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead. |
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timeout
integer
|
Specifies idle timeout in seconds for the connection, in seconds. Useful if the console freezes before continuing. For example when saving configurations.
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username
string
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Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable
ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead. |
Notes¶
Note
Tested against asa 9.10(1)11
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
Examples¶
- name: Gather all legacy facts
cisco.asa.asa_facts:
gather_subset: all
- name: Gather only the config and default facts
cisco.asa.asa_facts:
gather_subset:
- config
- name: Do not gather hardware facts
cisco.asa.asa_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!hardware'
- name: Gather legacy and resource facts
cisco.asa.asa_facts:
gather_subset: all
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Authors¶
Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)