This Article will contain Ansible playbook setup example against Dell Switches.
Ansible notes will be posted here and continuesly updated on the fly when required.
Ansible environment as always devided for 2 servers: PRODuction and DEVelopment.
Tested scrypts will be moved from DEV into PROD server once fully tested and ready.
Aruba OSCX playbooks required additional roles installed
ansible-galaxy install arubanetworks.aoscx_role
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon
host_key_auto_add = True
Host file content:
Ansible configuration files location: /etc/ansible
[AOSCX]
AOSCX01 ansible_host=10.x.x.x1AOSCX01
ansible_host=10.x.x.x2
[AOSCX:vars]ansible_user=admin
ansible_ssh_pass=****
Manual execution (for test):
ansible-playbook aoscx.yml
Output files location:
ls home/administrator/network-programmability/
Scheduling done over crontub:
# Execute against Aruba OS CX switches
5 6 * * * if ! out=`ansible-playbook /etc/ansible/aoscx.yml
`; then echo $out; fi
Playbook:
--- ## Playbook to get system time and append it to backup files for Aruba OS CX ## Made by DM ## Last change 09/06/2021 - hosts: localhost tasks: - name: Get ansible date/time facts setup: filter: "ansible_date_time" gather_subset: "!all" - name: Store DTG as fact set_fact: DTG: "{{ ansible_date_time.date }}" - name: Create Directory {{hostvars.localhost.DTG}} file: path: ~/network-programmability/backups/AOSCX/{{hostvars.localhost.DTG}} state: directory run_once: true - hosts: AOSCX roles: - role: arubanetworks.aoscx_role vars: ansible_connection: network_cli tasks: - name: Execute show run on the switch aoscx_command: commands: ['show run'] register: config - name: Save output to ~/network-programmability/backups/AOSCX copy: content: "{{config.stdout[0]}}" dest: "/home/administrator/network-programmability/backups/AOSCX/{{hostvars.localhost.DTG}}/{{inventory_hostname}}-{{hostvars.localhost.DTG}}-config.txt"