eos_banner – Manage multiline banners on Arista EOS devices
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- This will configure both login and motd banners on remote devices running Arista EOS. It allows playbooks to add or remote banner text from the active running configuration.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| auth_pass string | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes with become_pass.This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. 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 boolean |
| Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes.This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. 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. | |
| banner - / required |
| Specifies which banner that should be configured on the remote device. | |
| provider dictionary | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details. | ||
| auth_pass string | 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 boolean |
| 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 string / required | 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 string | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead. | ||
| port integer | Default: "0 (use common port)" | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443). | |
| ssh_keyfile path | Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead. | ||
| timeout integer | Default: 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. | |
| transport string / required |
| Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | |
| use_proxy boolean added in 2.5 |
| If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored. | |
| use_ssl boolean |
| Configures the transport to use SSL if set to yes only when the transport=eapi. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored. | |
| username string | 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 eAPI 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 boolean |
| 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 eapi, this value is ignored. | |
| state - |
| Specifies whether or not the configuration is present in the current devices active running configuration. | |
| text - | The banner text that should be present in the remote device running configuration. This argument accepts a multiline string. Requires state=present. | ||
Notes
Note
- Tested against EOS 4.15
- For information on using CLI, eAPI and privileged mode see the EOS Platform Options guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Arista EOS devices see the Arista integration page.
Examples
- name: configure the login banner
eos_banner:
banner: login
text: |
this is my login banner
that contains a multiline
string
state: present
- name: remove the motd banner
eos_banner:
banner: motd
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| commands list | always | The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['banner login', 'this is my login banner', 'that contains a multiline', 'string', 'EOF'] |
| session_name string | if changes | The EOS config session name used to load the configuration Sample: ansible_1479315771 |
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]
Red Hat Support
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
Authors
- Peter Sprygada (@privateip)
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