Ansible Modules for Network Automation

And even get structured data back from CLI devices!

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Requirements

• netmiko
• TextFSM
• terminal

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Modules

• ntc_show_command - gets config data from devices that don't have an api

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ntc_show_command

Gets config data from devices that don't have an API

• Synopsis
• Options
• Examples

Synopsis

This module offers structured data for CLI enabled devices by using the TextFSM library for templating and netmiko for SSH connectivity

Options

Parameter	required	default	choices	comments
username	yes			Username used to login to the target device
vendor	yes	ssh		Vendor FROM the index file
device_type	yes	ssh		netmiko device type
template_dir	no	ntc_templates		path where TextFSM templates are stored. Default path is ntc_templates with ntc_templates in the same working dir as the playbook being run
host	yes			IP Address or hostname (resolvable by Ansible control host)
connection	no	ssh	ssh offline	connect to device using netmiko or read from offline file for testing
command	no			Command to execute on target device
file	no			If using connection=offline, this is the file (with path) of a file that contains raw text output, i.e. 'show command' and then the contents of the file will be rendered with the the TextFSM template
password	yes			Password used to login to the target device
index_file	no	index		name of index file. file location must be relative to the template_dir

Examples

# get vlan data
- ntc_show_command:
    connection=ssh
    vendor=cisco
    device_type=cisco_nxos
    command='show vlan'
    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
    username={{ username }}
    password={{ password }}

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