community.network.cnos_banner module – Manage multiline banners on Lenovo CNOS devices

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 4.0.2).

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 community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.cnos_banner.

Synopsis

  • This will configure both login and motd banners on remote devices running Lenovo CNOS. It allows playbooks to add or remote banner text from the active running configuration.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

banner

string / required

Specifies which banner should be configured on the remote device. In Ansible 2.8 and earlier only login and motd were supported.

Choices:

  • "login"

  • "motd"

state

string

Specifies whether or not the configuration is present in the current devices active running configuration.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

text

string

The banner text that should be present in the remote device running configuration. This argument accepts a multiline string, with no empty lines. Requires state=present.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against CNOS 10.8.1

Examples

- name: Configure the login banner
  community.network.cnos_banner:
    banner: login
    text: |
      this is my login banner
      that contains a multiline
      string
    state: present

- name: Remove the motd banner
  community.network.cnos_banner:
    banner: motd
    state: absent

- name: Configure banner from file
  community.network.cnos_banner:
    banner:  motd
    text: "{{ lookup('file', './config_partial/raw_banner.cfg') }}"
    state: present

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["banner login", "this is my login banner", "that contains a multiline", "string"]

Authors

  • Anil Kumar Muraleedharan (@amuraleedhar)