cisco.asa.asa_config – Manage configuration sections on Cisco ASA devices

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.asa collection (version 2.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.asa.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.asa.asa_config.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.asa

Synopsis

  • Cisco ASA configurations use a simple block indent file syntax for segmenting configuration into sections. This module provides an implementation for working with ASA configuration sections in a deterministic way.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

after

list / elements=string

The ordered set of commands to append to the end of the command stack if a change needs to be made. Just like with before this allows the playbook designer to append a set of commands to be executed after the command set.

authorize

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

backup

boolean

This argument will cause the module to create a full backup of the current running-config from the remote device before any changes are made. If the backup_options value is not given, the backup file is written to the backup folder in the playbook root directory. If the directory does not exist, it is created.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

backup_options

dictionary

This is a dict object containing configurable options related to backup file path. The value of this option is read only when backup is set to yes, if backup is set to no this option will be silently ignored.

dir_path

path

This option provides the path ending with directory name in which the backup configuration file will be stored. If the directory does not exist it will be first created and the filename is either the value of filename or default filename as described in filename options description. If the path value is not given in that case a backup directory will be created in the current working directory and backup configuration will be copied in filename within backup directory.

filename

string

The filename to be used to store the backup configuration. If the filename is not given it will be generated based on the hostname, current time and date in format defined by <hostname>_config.<current-date>@<current-time>

before

list / elements=string

The ordered set of commands to push on to the command stack if a change needs to be made. This allows the playbook designer the opportunity to perform configuration commands prior to pushing any changes without affecting how the set of commands are matched against the system.

config

string

The config argument allows the playbook designer to supply the base configuration to be used to validate configuration changes necessary. If this argument is provided, the module will not download the running-config from the remote node.

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.

defaults

boolean

This argument specifies whether or not to collect all defaults when getting the remote device running config. When enabled, the module will get the current config by issuing the command show running-config all.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

lines

aliases: commands

list / elements=string

The ordered set of commands that should be configured in the section. The commands must be the exact same commands as found in the device running-config. Be sure to note the configuration command syntax as some commands are automatically modified by the device config parser.

match

string

Instructs the module on the way to perform the matching of the set of commands against the current device config. If match is set to line, commands are matched line by line. If match is set to strict, command lines are matched with respect to position. If match is set to exact, command lines must be an equal match. Finally, if match is set to none, the module will not attempt to compare the source configuration with the running configuration on the remote device.

Choices:

  • line ← (default)

  • strict

  • exact

  • none

parents

list / elements=string

The ordered set of parents that uniquely identify the section or hierarchy the commands should be checked against. If the parents argument is omitted, the commands are checked against the set of top level or global commands.

passwords

boolean

This argument specifies to include passwords in the config when retrieving the running-config from the remote device. This includes passwords related to VPN endpoints. This argument is mutually exclusive with defaults.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

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.

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.

authorize

boolean

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.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

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.

password

string

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.

port

integer

Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.

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.

timeout

integer

Specifies idle timeout in seconds for the connection, in seconds. Useful if the console freezes before continuing. For example when saving configurations.

username

string

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.

replace

string

Instructs the module on the way to perform the configuration on the device. If the replace argument is set to line then the modified lines are pushed to the device in configuration mode. If the replace argument is set to block then the entire command block is pushed to the device in configuration mode if any line is not correct

Choices:

  • line ← (default)

  • block

save

boolean

The save argument instructs the module to save the running- config to the startup-config at the conclusion of the module running. If check mode is specified, this argument is ignored.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

save_when

string

added in 1.1.0 of cisco.asa

When changes are made to the device running-configuration, the changes are not copied to non-volatile storage by default. Using this argument will change that before. If the argument is set to always, then the running-config will always be copied to the startup-config and the modified flag will always be set to True. If the argument is set to modified, then the running-config will only be copied to the startup-config if it has changed since the last save to startup-config. If the argument is set to never, the running-config will never be copied to the startup-config. If the argument is set to changed, then the running-config will only be copied to the startup-config if the task has made a change. changed was added in Ansible 2.5.

Choices:

  • always

  • never ← (default)

  • modified

  • changed

src

path

Specifies the source path to the file that contains the configuration or configuration template to load. The path to the source file can either be the full path on the Ansible control host or a relative path from the playbook or role root directory. This argument is mutually exclusive with lines, parents.

Notes

Note

Examples

- cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - network-object host 10.80.30.18
    - network-object host 10.80.30.19
    - network-object host 10.80.30.20
    parents: [object-group network OG-MONITORED-SERVERS]
    provider: '{{ cli }}'

- cisco.asa.asa_config:
    host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    lines:
    - message-length maximum client auto
    - message-length maximum 512
    match: line
    parents: [policy-map type inspect dns PM-DNS, parameters]
    authorize: yes
    auth_pass: cisco
    username: admin
    password: cisco
    context: ansible

- cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - ikev1 pre-shared-key MyS3cretVPNK3y
    parents: tunnel-group 1.1.1.1 ipsec-attributes
    passwords: yes
    provider: '{{ cli }}'

- name: attach ASA acl on interface vlan13/nameif cloud13
  cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - access-group cloud-acl_access_in in interface cloud13
    provider: '{{ cli }}'

- name: configure ASA (>=9.2) default BGP
  cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - bgp log-neighbor-changes
    - bgp bestpath compare-routerid
    provider: '{{ cli }}'
    parents:
    - router bgp 65002
  register: bgp
  when: bgp_default_config is defined
- name: configure ASA (>=9.2) BGP neighbor in default/single context mode
  cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - bgp router-id {{ bgp_router_id }}
    - neighbor {{ bgp_neighbor_ip }} remote-as {{ bgp_neighbor_as }}
    - neighbor {{ bgp_neighbor_ip }} description {{ bgp_neighbor_name }}
    provider: '{{ cli }}'
    parents:
    - router bgp 65002
    - address-family ipv4 unicast
  register: bgp
  when: bgp_neighbor_as is defined
- name: configure ASA interface with standby
  cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - description my cloud interface
    - nameif cloud13
    - security-level 50
    - ip address 192.168.13.1 255.255.255.0 standby 192.168.13.2
    provider: '{{ cli }}'
    parents: [interface Vlan13]
  register: interface
- name: Show changes to interface from task above
  debug:
    var: interface

- name: configurable backup path
  cisco.asa.asa_config:
    lines:
    - access-group cloud-acl_access_in in interface cloud13
    provider: '{{ cli }}'
    backup: yes
    backup_options:
      filename: backup.cfg
      dir_path: /home/user

- name: save running to startup when modified
  cisco.asa.asa_config:
    save_when: modified

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

backup_path

string

The full path to the backup file

Returned: when backup is yes

Sample: “/playbooks/ansible/backup/asa_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34”

updates

list / elements=string

The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device

Returned: always

Sample: [“…”, “…”]

Authors

  • Peter Sprygada (@privateip), Patrick Ogenstad (@ogenstad)