SLX-OS Platform Options¶
Extreme SLX-OS is part of the community.network collection and only supports CLI connections today. httpapi
modules may be added in future.
This page offers details on how to use ansible.netcommon.network_cli
on SLX-OS in Ansible.
Connections available¶
CLI |
|
---|---|
Protocol |
SSH |
Credentials |
uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present accepts |
Indirect Access |
via a bastion (jump host) |
Connection Settings |
|
Enable Mode |
not supported by SLX-OS |
Returned Data Format |
|
SLX-OS does not support ansible_connection: local
. You must use ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
.
Using CLI in Ansible¶
Example CLI group_vars/slxos.yml
¶
ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
ansible_network_os: community.network.slxos
ansible_user: myuser
ansible_password: !vault...
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'
If you are using SSH keys (including an ssh-agent) you can remove the
ansible_password
configuration.If you are accessing your host directly (not through a bastion/jump host) you can remove the
ansible_ssh_common_args
configuration.If you are accessing your host through a bastion/jump host, you cannot include your SSH password in the
ProxyCommand
directive. To prevent secrets from leaking out (for example inps
output), SSH does not support providing passwords via environment variables.
Example CLI task¶
- name: Backup current switch config (slxos)
community.network.slxos_config:
backup: yes
register: backup_slxos_location
when: ansible_network_os == 'community.network.slxos'
Warning
Never store passwords in plain text. We recommend using SSH keys to authenticate SSH connections. Ansible supports ssh-agent to manage your SSH keys. If you must use passwords to authenticate SSH connections, we recommend encrypting them with Ansible Vault.
See also