community.network.netact_cm_command module – Manage network configuration data in Nokia Core and Radio networks

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.0.2).

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.netact_cm_command.

Synopsis

  • netact_cm_command can be used to run various configuration management operations. This module requires that the target hosts have Nokia NetAct network management system installed. Module will access the Configurator command line interface in NetAct to upload network configuration to NetAct, run configuration export, plan import and configuration provision operations To set the scope of the operation, define Distinguished Name (DN) or Working Set (WS) or Maintenance Region (MR) as input

Aliases: network.netact.netact_cm_command

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

backupPlanName

string

Specifies a backup plan name

createBackupPlan

boolean

Specifies if backup plan generation is enabled.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

DN

string

Sets the exact scope of the operation in form of a list of managed object Distinguished Names (DN) in the network. A single DN or a list of DNs can be given (comma separated list without spaces). Alternatively, if DN or a list of DNs is not given, working set (WS) or Maintenance Region (MR) must be provided as parameter to set the scope of operation.

extra_opts

string

Extra options to be set for operations. Check Configuration Management > Configuration Management Operating Procedures > Command Line Operations in Nokia NetAct user documentation for further information for extra options.

fileFormat

string

Indicates file format.

Choices:

  • "RAML2"

  • "CSV"

  • "XLSX"

fileName

string

Specifies a file name. Valid for Import and Export operations.

inputFile

string

Specifies full path to plan file location for the import operation. This parameter (inputFile) or the fileName parameter must be filled. If both are present then the inputFile is used.

MR

string

Sets the scope of the operation to network elements assigned to a Maintenance Region (MR) Value can be set as MR IDs including the Maintenance Region Collection (MRC) information (for example MRC-FIN1/MR-Hel). Multiple MRs can be given (comma-separated list without spaces) The value of this parameter is searched through MR IDs under given MRC. If there is no match, then it is searched from all MR names. Alternatively, if MR ID or a list or MR IDs is not given, Distinguished Name (DN) or Working Set (WS) must be provided as parameter to set the scope of operation.

operation

aliases: op

string / required

Supported operations allow user to upload actual configuration from the network, to import and provision prepared plans, or export reference or actual configuration for planning purposes. Provision_Mass_Modification enables provisioning the same parameters to multiple network elements. This operation supports modifications only to one object class at a time. With this option NetAct Configurator creates and provisions a plan to the network with the given scope and options.

Choices:

  • "upload"

  • "provision"

  • "import"

  • "export"

  • "Provision_Mass_Modification"

opsName

string

user specified operation name

planName

string

Specifies a plan name.

typeOption

aliases: type

string

Specifies the type of the export operation.

Choices:

  • "plan"

  • "actual"

  • "reference"

  • "template"

  • "siteTemplate"

verbose

string

NetAct Configurator will print more info

WS

string

Sets the scope of the operation to use one or more pre-defined working sets (WS) in NetAct. A working set contains network elements selected by user according to defined criteria. A single WS name, or multiple WSs can be provided (comma-separated list without spaces). Alternatively, if a WS name or a list of WSs is not given, Distinguished Name (DN) or Maintenance Region(MR) must be provided as parameter to set the scope of operation.

Notes

Note

  • Check mode is not currently supported

Examples

# Pass in a message
- name: Upload
  community.network.netact_cm_command:
    operation: "Upload"
    opsname: 'Uploading_test'
    dn: "PLMN-PLMN/MRBTS-746"
    extra_opts: '-btsContentInUse true'

- name: Provision
  community.network.netact_cm_command:
    operation: "Provision"
    opsname: 'Provision_test'
    dn: "PLMN-PLMN/MRBTS-746"
    planName: 'mySiteTemplate'
    type: 'actual'
    createBackupPlan: true
    backupPlanName: 'myBackupPlanName'

- name: Export and fetching data from target
  community.network.netact_cm_command:
    operation: "Export"
    opsname: 'Export_test'
    planName: 'mySiteTemplate'
    type: 'actual'
    fileName: 'exportTest.xml'
- ansible.builtin.fetch:
    src: /var/opt/nokia/oss/global/racops/export/exportTest.xml
    dest: fetched

- name: Import
  community.network.netact_cm_command:
    operation: "Import"
    opsname: 'Import_test'
    fileFormat: 'CSV'
    type: 'plan'
    fileName: 'myCSVFile'
    planName: 'myPlanName'
    extra_ops: 'enablePolicyPlans true'

# fail the module
- name: Test failure of the module
  community.network.netact_cm_command:
    name: fail me

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

data changed

Returned: true if data is changed

message

string

The output message that the netact_cm_command module generates

Returned: Command output message

original_message

string

The original name param that was passed in

Returned: Command line

Sample: "/opt/oss/bin/racclimx.sh -op Upload -opsName Uploading_testi -DN PLMN-PLMN/MRBTS-746"

Authors

  • Harri Tuominen (@hatuomin)