cisco.nso.nso_config – Manage Cisco NSO configuration and service synchronization.

cisco.nso.nso_config – Manage Cisco NSO configuration and service synchronization.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nso collection (version 1.0.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nso.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nso.nso_config.

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• See Also
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• This module provides support for managing configuration in Cisco NSO and can also ensure services are in sync.

Requirements

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

• Cisco NSO version 3.4.12 or higher, 4.2.7 or higher, 4.3.8 or higher, 4.4.3 or higher, 4.5 or higher.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
data dictionary / required		NSO data in format as | display json converted to YAML. List entries can be annotated with a __state entry. Set to in-sync/deep-in-sync for services to verify service is in sync with the network. Set to absent in list entries to ensure they are deleted if they exist in NSO.
password string / required		NSO password
timeout integer	Default: 300	JSON-RPC request timeout in seconds
url string / required		NSO JSON-RPC URL, http://localhost:8080/jsonrpc
username string / required		NSO username
validate_certs boolean	no ← yes	When set to true, validates the SSL certificate of NSO when using SSL

See Also

See also

Cisco DevNet NSO Sandbox

Provides a reservable pod with NSO, virtual network topology simulated with Cisco CML and a Linux host running Ansible

NSO Developer Resources on DevNet

Documentation for getting started using NSO

NSO Developer Hub

Collaboration community portal for NSO developers

NSO Developer Github

Code for NSO on Github

Examples

- name: CREATE DEVICE IN NSO
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
      tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - address: 10.10.20.175
          description: CONFIGURED BY ANSIBLE!
          name: dist-rtr01
          authgroup: "labadmin"
          device-type:
            cli:
              ned-id: "cisco-ios-cli-6.44"
            port: "22"
            state:
              admin-state: "unlocked"

- name: ADD NEW LOOPBACK
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
        tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - name: dist-rtr01
          config:
            tailf-ned-cisco-ios:interface:
                Loopback:
                - name: "1"
                  description: Created by Ansible!

- name: CONFIGURE IP ADDRESS ON LOOPBACK
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
      tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - name: dist-rtr01
          config:
            tailf-ned-cisco-ios:interface:
              Loopback:
              - name: "1"
                description: Created by Ansible!
                ip:
                  address:
                    primary:
                      address: 10.10.10.10
                      mask: 255.255.255.255

- name: CONFIGURE NTP SERVER ON DEVICE
  cisco.nso.nso_config:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    data:
      tailf-ncs:devices:
        device:
        - name: dist-rtr01
          config:
            tailf-ned-cisco-ios:ntp:
              server:
                peer-list:
                  - name: 2.2.2.2

Return Values

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

Key		Returned	Description
changes complex		always	List of changes Sample: [{'from': None, 'path': '/ncs:devices/device{dist-rtr01}/config/ios:interface/Loopback{1}/ip/address/primary/address', 'to': '10.10.10.10', 'type': 'set'}]
	from string	When previous value is present on value change	Previous value if any, else null
	path string	always	Path to value changed
diffs complex		always	List of sync changes
	diff string	always	configuration difference triggered the re-deploy
	path string	always	keypath to service changed

Authors

• Claes Nästén (@cnasten)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/cisco/nso/nso_config_module.html