ansible.netcommon.enable – Switch to elevated permissions on a network device

Note

This plugin is part of the ansible.netcommon collection (version 1.5.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon.

To use it in a playbook, specify: ansible.netcommon.enable.

New in version 1.0.0: of ansible.netcommon

Synopsis

  • This become plugins allows elevated permissions on a remote network device.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Configuration Comments
become_pass
string
ini entries:

[enable_become_plugin]
password = None

env:ANSIBLE_BECOME_PASS
env:ANSIBLE_ENABLE_PASS
var: ansible_become_password
var: ansible_become_pass
var: ansible_enable_pass
password

Notes

Note

  • enable is really implemented in the network connection handler and as such can only be used with network connections.
  • This plugin ignores the ‘become_exe’ and ‘become_user’ settings as it uses an API and not an executable.

Authors

  • Ansible Networking Team

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/ansible/netcommon/enable_become.html