nxos_install_os - Set boot options like boot image and kickstart image.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis
Options
Examples
Return Values
Notes
- Status
- Maintenance Info

Synopsis

Install an operating system by setting the boot options like boot image and kickstart image.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
auth_pass (added in 2.4.4)	no	none		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize (added in 2.4.4)	no		yes no	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
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.
kickstart_image_file	no			Name of the kickstart image file on flash.
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 nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
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 nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
provider	no			Convenience method that allows all nxos 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.
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 transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
system_image_file	yes			Name of the system (or combined) image file on flash.
timeout (added in 2.3)	no	10		Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
transport	yes	cli		Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
use_ssl	no		yes no	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the `transport=nxapi`, otherwise 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 nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
validate_certs	no		yes no	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.

Examples

- block:
    - name: Install OS
      nxos_install_os:
        system_image_file: nxos.7.0.3.I2.2d.bin
  rescue:
    - name: Wait for device to perform checks
      wait_for:
        port: 22
        state: stopped
        timeout: 300
        delay: 60
    - name: Wait for device to come back up
      wait_for:
        port: 22
        state: started
        timeout: 300
        delay: 60
    - name: Check installed OS
      nxos_command:
        commands:
          - show version
      register: output
    - assert:
        that:
          - output['stdout'][0]['kickstart_ver_str'] == '7.0(3)I4(1)'

Return Values

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

name	description	returned	type	sample
install_state	Boot and install information.	always	dictionary	{'sys': 'n5000-uk9.7.2.1.N1.1.bin', 'status': 'This is the log of last installation.\nContinuing with installation process, please wait.\nThe login will be disabled until the installation is completed.\nPerforming supervisor state verification.\nSUCCESS\nSupervisor non-disruptive upgrade successful.\nInstall has been successful. ', 'kick': 'n5000-uk9-kickstart.7.2.1.N1.1.bin'}

Notes

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
The module will fail due to timeout issues, but the install will go on anyway. Ansible’s block and rescue can be leveraged to handle this kind of failure and check actual module results. See EXAMPLE for more about this. The first task on the rescue block is needed to make sure the device has completed all checks and it started to reboot. The second task is needed to wait for the device to come back up. The last two tasks are used to verify the installation process was successful.
Do not include full file paths, just the name of the file(s) stored on the top level flash directory.
You must know if your platform supports taking a kickstart image as a parameter. If supplied but not supported, errors may occur.
This module attempts to install the software immediately, which may trigger a reboot.
In check mode, the module tells you if the current boot images are set to the desired images.

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance Info

For more information about Red Hat’s this support of this module, please refer to this knowledge base article<https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-top-support-policies>

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