ansible.netcommon.netconf_config – netconf device configuration

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Netconf is a network management protocol developed and standardized by the IETF. It is documented in RFC 6241.
• This module allows the user to send a configuration XML file to a netconf device, and detects if there was a configuration change.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• ncclient

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: use lookup filter to provide xml configuration
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    content: "{{ lookup('file', './config.xml') }}"

- name: set ntp server in the device
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    content: |
      <config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
          <system xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system">
              <ntp>
                  <enabled>true</enabled>
                  <server>
                      <name>ntp1</name>
                      <udp><address>127.0.0.1</address></udp>
                  </server>
              </ntp>
          </system>
      </config>

- name: wipe ntp configuration
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    content: |
      <config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
          <system xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-system">
              <ntp>
                  <enabled>false</enabled>
                  <server operation="remove">
                      <name>ntp1</name>
                  </server>
              </ntp>
          </system>
      </config>

- name: configure interface while providing different private key file path (for connection=netconf)
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    backup: yes
  register: backup_junos_location
  vars:
    ansible_private_key_file: /home/admin/.ssh/newprivatekeyfile

- name: configurable backup path
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    backup: yes
    backup_options:
      filename: backup.cfg
      dir_path: /home/user

- name: "configure using direct native format configuration (cisco iosxr)"
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    content: {
                "config": {
                    "interface-configurations": {
                        "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
                        "interface-configuration": {
                            "active": "act",
                            "description": "test for ansible Loopback999",
                            "interface-name": "Loopback999"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
    get_filter: {
                  "interface-configurations": {
                      "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
                      "interface-configuration": null
                  }
              }

- name: "configure using json string format configuration (cisco iosxr)"
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    content: |
            {
                "config": {
                    "interface-configurations": {
                        "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
                        "interface-configuration": {
                            "active": "act",
                            "description": "test for ansible Loopback999",
                            "interface-name": "Loopback999"
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
    get_filter: |
            {
                  "interface-configurations": {
                      "@xmlns": "http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg",
                      "interface-configuration": null
                  }
              }


# Make a round-trip interface description change, diff the before and after
# this demonstrates the use of the native display format and several utilities
# from the ansible.utils collection

- name: Define the openconfig interface filter
  set_fact:
    filter:
      interfaces:
        "@xmlns": "http://openconfig.net/yang/interfaces"
        interface:
          name: Ethernet2

- name: Get the pre-change config using the filter
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_get:
    source: running
    filter: "{{ filter }}"
    display: native
  register: pre

- name: Update the description
  ansible.utils.update_fact:
    updates:
    - path: pre.output.data.interfaces.interface.config.description
      value: "Configured by ansible {{ 100 | random }}"
  register: updated

- name: Apply the new configuration
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_config:
    content:
      config:
        interfaces: "{{ updated.pre.output.data.interfaces }}"

- name: Get the post-change config using the filter
  ansible.netcommon.netconf_get:
    source: running
    filter: "{{ filter }}"
    display: native
  register: post

- name: Show the differences between the pre and post configurations
  ansible.utils.fact_diff:
    before: "{{ pre.output.data|ansible.utils.to_paths }}"
    after: "{{ post.output.data|ansible.utils.to_paths }}"

# TASK [Show the differences between the pre and post configurations] ********
# --- before
# +++ after
# @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
#  {
# -    "@time-modified": "2020-10-23T12:27:17.462332477Z",
# +    "@time-modified": "2020-10-23T12:27:21.744541708Z",
#      "@xmlns": "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0",
#      "interfaces.interface.aggregation.config['fallback-timeout']['#text']": "90",
#      "interfaces.interface.aggregation.config['fallback-timeout']['@xmlns']": "http://arista.com/yang/openconfig/interfaces/augments",
#      "interfaces.interface.aggregation.config['min-links']": "0",
#      "interfaces.interface.aggregation['@xmlns']": "http://openconfig.net/yang/interfaces/aggregate",
# -    "interfaces.interface.config.description": "Configured by ansible 56",
# +    "interfaces.interface.config.description": "Configured by ansible 67",
#      "interfaces.interface.config.enabled": "true",
#      "interfaces.interface.config.mtu": "0",
#      "interfaces.interface.config.name": "Ethernet2",

Return Values

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

Authors

• Leandro Lisboa Penz (@lpenz)
• Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)