cisco.nso.nso_config module – Manage Cisco NSO configuration and service synchronization.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nso collection (version 1.0.3).

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.nso.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nso.nso_config.

Synopsis

  • This module provides support for managing configuration in Cisco NSO and can also ensure services are in sync.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Cisco NSO version 3.4.12 or higher, 4.2.7 or higher, 4.3.8 or higher, 4.4.3 or higher, 4.5 or higher.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

commit_flags

list / elements=string

A list containing commit flags. See the API documentation for supported commit flags. https://developer.cisco.com/docs/nso/guides/#!life-cycle-operations-how-to-manipulate-existing-services-and-devices/commit-flags-and-device-service-actions

data

dictionary / required

NSO data in format as | display json converted to YAML. List entries can be annotated with a __state entry. Set to in-sync/deep-in-sync for services to verify service is in sync with the network. Set to absent in list entries to ensure they are deleted if they exist in NSO.

password

string / required

NSO password

timeout

integer

JSON-RPC request timeout in seconds

Default: 300

url

string / required

NSO JSON-RPC URL, http://localhost:8080/jsonrpc

username

string / required

NSO username

validate_certs

boolean

When set to true, validates the SSL certificate of NSO when using SSL

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

See Also

See also

Cisco DevNet NSO Sandbox

Provides a reservable pod with NSO, virtual network topology simulated with Cisco CML and a Linux host running Ansible

NSO Developer Resources on DevNet

Documentation for getting started using NSO

NSO Developer Hub

Collaboration community portal for NSO developers

NSO Developer Github

Code for NSO on Github

Examples

- name: CREATE DEVICE IN NSO
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
      tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - address: 10.10.20.175
          description: CONFIGURED BY ANSIBLE!
          name: dist-rtr01
          authgroup: "labadmin"
          device-type:
            cli:
              ned-id: "cisco-ios-cli-6.44"
            port: "22"
            state:
              admin-state: "unlocked"

- name: ADD NEW LOOPBACK
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
        tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - name: dist-rtr01
          config:
            tailf-ned-cisco-ios:interface:
                Loopback:
                - name: "1"
                  description: Created by Ansible!

- name: CONFIGURE IP ADDRESS ON LOOPBACK
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
      tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - name: dist-rtr01
          config:
            tailf-ned-cisco-ios:interface:
              Loopback:
              - name: "1"
                description: Created by Ansible!
                ip:
                  address:
                    primary:
                      address: 10.10.10.10
                      mask: 255.255.255.255

- name: CONFIGURE NTP SERVER ON DEVICE
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
      tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - name: dist-rtr01
          config:
            tailf-ned-cisco-ios:ntp:
              server:
                peer-list:
                  - name: 2.2.2.2

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changes

complex

List of changes

Returned: always

Sample: [{“from”: null, “path”: “/ncs:devices/device{dist-rtr01}/config/ios:interface/Loopback{1}/ip/address/primary/address”, “to”: “10.10.10.10”, “type”: “set”}]

from

string

Previous value if any, else null

Returned: When previous value is present on value change

path

string

Path to value changed

Returned: always

commit_result

complex

Return values from commit operation

Returned: always

Sample: [{“commit_queue”: {“id”: 1611776004976, “status”: “async”}}]

commit_queue

dictionary

Commit queue ID and status, if any

Returned: When commit-queue is set in commit_flags

diffs

complex

List of sync changes

Returned: always

diff

string

configuration difference triggered the re-deploy

Returned: always

path

string

keypath to service changed

Returned: always

Authors

  • Claes Nästén (@cnasten)