New in version 2.1.
Deprecated in 2.2. Use ops_config instead
The OpenSwitch platform provides a library for pushing JSON structured configuration files into the current running-config. This module will read the current configuration from OpenSwitch and compare it against a provided candidate configuration. If there are changes, the candidate configuration is merged with the current configuration and pushed into OpenSwitch
| parameter | required | default | choices | comments |
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| backup | no |
| When this argument is configured true, the module will backup the running-config from the node prior to making any changes. The backup file will be written to backups/ in the root of the playbook directory. |
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| config | no | 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. |
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| force | no |
| The force argument instructs the module to not consider the current devices running-config. When set to true, this will cause the module to push the contents of src into the device without first checking if already configured. |
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| host | yes | 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. Note this argument does not affect the SSH argument. |
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| password | no | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or rest transports. Note this argument does not affect the SSH transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead. |
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| port | no | 0 (use common port) | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or rest. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443). Note this argument does not affect the SSH transport. |
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| provider | no | Convenience method that allows all openswitch arguments to be passed as a dict object. All constraints (required, choices, etc) must be met either by individual arguments or values in this dict. |
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| src | yes | The path to the config source. The source can be either a file with config or a template that will be merged during runtime. By default the task will search for the source file in role or playbook root folder in templates directory. |
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| ssh_keyfile | no | Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead. |
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| transport | yes | ssh |
| Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over ssh, cli or REST. |
| use_ssl | no | True |
| Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport argument is configured as rest. If the transport argument is not rest, this value is ignored. |
| username | no | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. Note this argument does not affect the SSH transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead. |
- name: set hostname with file lookup
ops_template:
src: ./hostname.json
backup: yes
remote_user: admin
become: yes
- name: set hostname with var
ops_template:
src: "{{ config }}"
remote_user: admin
become: yes
Common return values are documented here Common Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| name | description | returned | type | sample |
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| updates | The list of configuration updates to be merged | always | dict | {'obj': None} |
| responses | returns the responses when configuring using cli | when transport == cli | list | ['...'] |
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