NAPALM with Ansible
NAPALM has integration with Ansible through the use of the napalm-ansible library. This library allows for Ansible playbooks to use NAPALM to retrieve data or modify configurations for networking devices as a collection of Ansible modules.
A great source for installation and configuration instructions for Ansible with AOS-CX can be found here.
Installation and configuration instructions for the NAPALM with Ansible integration can be found in the napalm-ansible Github here
Supported Functions in napalm-ansible for AOS-CX
- napalm_get_facts
- napalm_ping
- napalm_validate
Example
[aoscx]
aoscx1 ansible_host=asocx1.domain.com
[aoscx:vars]
# Must match Python that NAPALM is installed into.
ansible_python_interpreter=/path/to/venv/bin/python
ansible_network_os=aoscx
# Although specifying 'network_cli', NAPALM module will use AOS-CX REST
ansible_connection=network_cli
ansible_user=admin
ansible_ssh_pass=my_password
---
- name: NAPALM get_facts and get_interfaces
hosts: aoscx1
gather_facts: False
tasks:
- name: napalm get_facts
napalm_get_facts:
filter: facts,interfaces
- debug:
var: napalm_facts
$ ansible-playbook napalm_get_aoscx.yml
PLAY [NAPALM get_facts and get_interfaces] *********
TASK [napalm get_facts] ****************************
ok: [aoscx1]
TASK [debug] ***************************************
ok: [aoscx1] => {
"napalm_facts": {
"fqdn": "aoscx1",
"hostname": "aoscx1",
"interface_list": [
"1/1/1",
"1/1/2",
"1/1/3",
"1/1/4",
"1/1/5",
"1/1/6",
"1/1/7",
"1/1/8",
"1/1/9",
"1/1/10",
"1/1/11",
"1/1/12",
"1/1/13",
"1/1/14",
"1/1/15",
"1/1/16",
"1/1/17",
"1/1/18",
"1/1/19",
"1/1/20",
"1/1/21",
"1/1/22",
"1/1/23",
"1/1/24",
"1/1/25",
"1/1/26",
"1/1/27",
"1/1/28",
"vlan1"
],
"model": "JL666A 6300F 24G CL4 PoE 4SFP56 Sw",
"os_version": "FL.10.05.0001BH",
"serial_number": "",
"uptime": 12893402,
"vendor": "Aruba"
}
}
PLAY RECAP ****************************************
aoscx1 : ok=2 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=0 rescued=0 ignored=0
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