Cliconf Plugins¶
Cliconf plugins are abstractions over the CLI interface to network devices. They provide a standard interface for Ansible to execute tasks on those network devices.
These plugins generally correspond one-to-one to network device platforms. Ansible loads the appropriate cliconf plugin automatically based on the ansible_network_os
variable.
Adding cliconf plugins¶
You can extend Ansible to support other network devices by dropping a custom plugin into the cliconf_plugins
directory.
Using cliconf plugins¶
The cliconf plugin to use is determined automatically from the ansible_network_os
variable. There should be no reason to override this functionality.
Most cliconf plugins can operate without configuration. A few have additional options that can be set to affect how tasks are translated into CLI commands.
Plugins are self-documenting. Each plugin should document its configuration options.
Viewing cliconf plugins¶
These plugins have migrated to collections on Ansible Galaxy. If you installed Ansible version 2.10 or later using pip
, you have access to several cliconf plugins. To list all available cliconf plugins on your control node, type ansible-doc -t cliconf -l
. To view plugin-specific documentation and examples, use ansible-doc -t cliconf
.
See also
- Ansible for Network Automation
An overview of using Ansible to automate networking devices.
- User Mailing List
Have a question? Stop by the google group!
- irc.freenode.net
#ansible-network IRC chat channel