EXOS Platform Options
Extreme EXOS is part of the community.network collection and supports multiple connections. This page offers details on how each connection works in Ansible and how to use it.
Connections available
CLI |
EXOS-API |
|
---|---|---|
Protocol |
SSH |
HTTP(S) |
Credentials |
uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present accepts |
uses HTTPS certificates if present |
Indirect Access |
via a bastion (jump host) |
via a web proxy |
Connection Settings |
|
|
Enable Mode |
not supported by EXOS |
not supported by EXOS |
Returned Data Format |
|
|
EXOS does not support ansible_connection: local
. You must use ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
or ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.httpapi
.
Using CLI in Ansible
Example CLI group_vars/exos.yml
ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
ansible_network_os: community.network.exos
ansible_user: myuser
ansible_password: !vault...
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'
If you are using SSH keys (including an ssh-agent) you can remove the
ansible_password
configuration.If you are accessing your host directly (not through a bastion/jump host) you can remove the
ansible_ssh_common_args
configuration.If you are accessing your host through a bastion/jump host, you cannot include your SSH password in the
ProxyCommand
directive. To prevent secrets from leaking out (for example inps
output), SSH does not support providing passwords via environment variables.
Example CLI task
- name: Retrieve EXOS OS version
community.network.exos_command:
commands: show version
when: ansible_network_os == 'community.network.exos'
Using EXOS-API in Ansible
Example EXOS-API group_vars/exos.yml
ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.httpapi
ansible_network_os: community.network.exos
ansible_user: myuser
ansible_password: !vault...
proxy_env:
http_proxy: http://proxy.example.com:8080
If you are accessing your host directly (not through a web proxy) you can remove the
proxy_env
configuration.If you are accessing your host through a web proxy using
https
, changehttp_proxy
tohttps_proxy
.
Example EXOS-API task
- name: Retrieve EXOS OS version
community.network.exos_command:
commands: show version
when: ansible_network_os == 'community.network.exos'
In this example the proxy_env
variable defined in group_vars
gets passed to the environment
option of the module used in the task.
Warning
Never store passwords in plain text. We recommend using SSH keys to authenticate SSH connections. Ansible supports ssh-agent to manage your SSH keys. If you must use passwords to authenticate SSH connections, we recommend encrypting them with Ansible Vault.
See also