community.network.ce_startup – Manages a system startup information on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_startup.

Synopsis

  • Manages a system startup information on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
action
string
    Choices:
  • display
Display the startup information.
cfg_file
string
Default:
"present"
Name of the configuration file that is applied for the next startup. The value is a string of 5 to 255 characters.
patch_file
string
Name of the patch file that is applied for the next startup.
slot
string
Position of the device.The value is a string of 1 to 32 characters. The possible value of slot is all, slave-board, or the specific slotID.
software_file
string
File name of the system software that is applied for the next startup. The value is a string of 5 to 255 characters.

Notes

Note

  • Recommended connection is network_cli.
  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: Startup module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: Display startup information
    community.network.ce_startup:
      action: display
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: Set startup patch file
    community.network.ce_startup:
      patch_file: 2.PAT
      slot: all
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: Set startup software file
    community.network.ce_startup:
      software_file: aa.cc
      slot: 1
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: Set startup cfg file
    community.network.ce_startup:
      cfg_file: 2.cfg
      slot: 1
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
check to see if a change was made on the device

Sample:
True
end_state
dictionary
always
k/v pairs of aaa params after module execution

Sample:
{'StartupInfos': None}
existing
dictionary
always
k/v pairs of existing aaa server

Sample:
{'configSysSoft': 'flash:/CE12800-V200R002C20_issuB071.cc', 'curentPatchFile': 'NULL', 'curentStartupFile': 'NULL', 'curentSysSoft': 'flash:/CE12800-V200R002C20_issuB071.cc', 'nextPatchFile': 'flash:/1.PAT', 'nextStartupFile': 'flash:/1.cfg', 'nextSysSoft': 'flash:/CE12800-V200R002C20_issuB071.cc', 'position': '5'}
proposed
dictionary
always
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'patch_file': '2.PAT', 'slot': 'all'}
updates
list / elements=string
always
command sent to the device

Sample:
{'startup patch 2.PAT all': None}


Authors

  • Li Yanfeng (@QijunPan)

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