junos_command – Run arbitrary commands on an Juniper JUNOS device

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Sends an arbitrary set of commands to an JUNOS node and returns the results read from the device. This module includes an argument that will cause the module to wait for a specific condition before returning or timing out if the condition is not met.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• jxmlease
• ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: run show version on remote devices
  junos_command:
    commands: show version

- name: run show version and check to see if output contains Juniper
  junos_command:
    commands: show version
    wait_for: result[0] contains Juniper

- name: run multiple commands on remote nodes
  junos_command:
    commands:
      - show version
      - show interfaces

- name: run multiple commands and evaluate the output
  junos_command:
    commands:
      - show version
      - show interfaces
    wait_for:
      - result[0] contains Juniper
      - result[1] contains Loopback0

- name: run commands and specify the output format
  junos_command:
    commands: show version
    display: json

- name: run rpc on the remote device
  junos_command:
    commands: show configuration
    display: set

- name: run rpc on the remote device
  junos_command:
    rpcs: get-software-information

Return Values

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

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)