dellemc.os9.os9_config module – Manage Dell EMC Networking OS9 configuration sections

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.os9 collection (version 1.0.4).

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 dellemc.os9.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.os9.os9_config.

Synopsis

  • OS9 configurations use a simple block indent file syntax for segmenting configuration into sections. This module provides an implementation for working with OS9 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.

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 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 module, by default, will connect to the remote device and retrieve the current running-config to use as a base for comparing against the contents of source. There are times when it is not desirable to have the task get the current running-config for every task in a playbook. The config argument allows the implementer to pass in the configuration to use as the base config for comparison.

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. This argument is mutually exclusive with src.

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.

provider

dictionary

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

Password to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. 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

Path to an ssh key used to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. 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. Useful if the console freezes before continuing. For example when saving configurations.

username

string

User to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. 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

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.

update

string

The update argument controls how the configuration statements are processed on the remote device. Valid choices for the update argument are merge and check. When you set this argument to merge, the configuration changes merge with the current device running configuration. When you set this argument to check the configuration updates are determined but not actually configured on the remote device.

Choices:

  • merge ← (default)

  • check

Notes

Note

  • This module requires Dell OS9 version 9.10.0.1P13 or above.

  • This module requires to increase the ssh connection rate limit. Use the following command ip ssh connection-rate-limit 60 to configure the same. This can also be done with the M(os9_config) module.

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Dell EMC Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-dell-networking.

Examples

- os9_config:
    lines: ['hostname {{ inventory_hostname }}']
    provider: "{{ cli }}"
- os9_config:
    lines:
      - 10 permit ip host 1.1.1.1 any log
      - 20 permit ip host 2.2.2.2 any log
      - 30 permit ip host 3.3.3.3 any log
      - 40 permit ip host 4.4.4.4 any log
      - 50 permit ip host 5.5.5.5 any log
    parents: ['ip access-list extended test']
    before: ['no ip access-list extended test']
    match: exact
- os9_config:
    lines:
      - 10 permit ip host 1.1.1.1 any log
      - 20 permit ip host 2.2.2.2 any log
      - 30 permit ip host 3.3.3.3 any log
      - 40 permit ip host 4.4.4.4 any log
    parents: ['ip access-list extended test']
    before: ['no ip access-list extended test']
    replace: block
- os9_config:
    lines: ['hostname {{ inventory_hostname }}']
    provider: "{{ cli }}"
    backup: yes
    backup_options:
      filename: backup.cfg
      dir_path: /home/user

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/os9_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34”

commands

list / elements=string

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

Returned: always

Sample: [“hostname foo”, “router bgp 1”, “bgp router-id 1.1.1.1”]

saved

boolean

Returns whether the configuration is saved to the startup configuration or not.

Returned: When not check_mode.

Sample: true

updates

list / elements=string

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

Returned: always

Sample: [“hostname foo”, “router bgp 1”, “bgp router-id 1.1.1.1”]

Authors

  • Dhivya P (@dhivyap)