nxos_snapshot - Manage snapshots of the running states of selected features.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Create snapshots of the running states of selected features, add new show commands for snapshot creation, delete and compare existing snapshots.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
action
 yes
  • create
  • add
  • compare
  • delete
Define what snapshot action the module would perform.
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.
compare_option
 no
  • summary
  • ipv4routes
  • ipv6routes
Snapshot options to be used when action=compare.
comparison_results_file
 no
Name of the file where snapshots comparison will be stored when action=compare.
description
 no
Snapshot description to be used when action=create.
element_key1
 no
Specify the tags used to distinguish among row entries, to be used when action=add.
element_key2
 no
Specify the tags used to distinguish among row entries, to be used when action=add.
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.
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.
path
 no ./
Specify the path of the file where new created snapshot or snapshots comparison will be stored, to be used when action=create and save_snapshot_locally=true or action=compare.
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.
row_id
 no
Specifies the tag of each row entry of the show command's XML output, to be used when action=add.
save_snapshot_locally
 no
  • true
  • false
Specify to locally store a new created snapshot, to be used when action=create.
section
 no
Used to name the show command output, to be used when action=add.
show_command
 no
Specify a new show command, to be used when action=add.
snapshot1
 no
First snapshot to be used when action=compare.
snapshot2
 no
Second snapshot to be used when action=compare.
snapshot_name
 no
Snapshot name, to be used when action=create or action=delete.
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.
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

# Create a snapshot and store it locally
- nxos_snapshot:
    action: create
    snapshot_name: test_snapshot
    description: Done with Ansible
    save_snapshot_locally: true
    path: /home/user/snapshots/

# Delete a snapshot
- nxos_snapshot:
    action: delete
    snapshot_name: test_snapshot

# Delete all existing snapshots
- nxos_snapshot:
    action: delete_all

# Add a show command for snapshots creation
- nxos_snapshot:
    section: myshow
    show_command: show ip interface brief
    row_id: ROW_intf
    element_key1: intf-name

# Compare two snapshots
- nxos_snapshot:
    action: compare
    snapshot1: pre_snapshot
    snapshot2: post_snapshot
    comparison_results_file: compare_snapshots.txt
    compare_option: summary
    path: '../snapshot_reports/'

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
commands
commands sent to the device
 verbose mode list ['snapshot create post_snapshot Post-snapshot']

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
  • transport=cli may cause timeout errors.
  • The element_key1 and element_key2 parameter specify the tags used to distinguish among row entries. In most cases, only the element_key1 parameter needs to specified to be able to distinguish among row entries.
  • action=compare will always store a comparison report on a local file.

Status

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

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