netconf_get – Fetch configuration/state data from NETCONF enabled network devices.
netconf_get – Fetch configuration/state data from NETCONF enabled network devices.
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- NETCONF is a network management protocol developed and standardized by the IETF. It is documented in RFC 6241.
- This module allows the user to fetch configuration and state data from NETCONF enabled network devices.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ncclient (>=v0.5.2)
- jxmlease
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
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display - |
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Encoding scheme to use when serializing output from the device. The option json will serialize the output as JSON data. If the option value is json it requires jxmlease to be installed on control node. The option pretty is similar to received XML response but is using human readable format (spaces, new lines). The option value xml is similar to received XML response but removes all XML namespaces. |
filter - |
This argument specifies the XML string which acts as a filter to restrict the portions of the data to be are retrieved from the remote device. If this option is not specified entire configuration or state data is returned in result depending on the value of | |
lock - |
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Instructs the module to explicitly lock the datastore specified as |
source - |
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This argument specifies the datastore from which configuration data should be fetched. Valid values are running, candidate and startup. If the |
Notes
Note
- This module requires the NETCONF system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
- This module supports the use of connection=netconf
Examples
- name: Get running configuration and state data
netconf_get:
- name: Get configuration and state data from startup datastore
netconf_get:
source: startup
- name: Get system configuration data from running datastore state (junos)
netconf_get:
source: running
filter: <configuration><system></system></configuration>
- name: Get configuration and state data in JSON format
netconf_get:
display: json
- name: get schema list using subtree w/ namespaces
netconf_get:
display: json
filter: <netconf-state xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-netconf-monitoring"><schemas><schema/></schemas></netconf-state>
lock: never
- name: get schema list using xpath
netconf_get:
display: xml
filter: /netconf-state/schemas/schema
- name: get interface confiugration with filter (iosxr)
netconf_get:
display: pretty
filter: <interface-configurations xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"></interface-configurations>
lock: if-supported
- name: Get system configuration data from running datastore state (junos)
netconf_get:
source: running
filter: <configuration><system></system></configuration>
lock: if-supported
- name: Get complete configuration data from running datastore (SROS)
netconf_get:
source: running
filter: <configure xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:conf"/>
- name: Get complete state data (SROS)
netconf_get:
filter: <state xmlns="urn:nokia.com:sros:ns:yang:sr:state"/>
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description | |
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output complex |
when the display format is selected as JSON it is returned as dict type, if the display format is xml or pretty pretty it is retured as a string apart from low-level errors (such as action plugin). |
Based on the value of display option will return either the set of transformed XML to JSON format from the RPC response with type dict or pretty XML string response (human-readable) or response with namespace removed from XML string.
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formatted_output - |
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stdout string |
always apart from low-level errors (such as action plugin) |
The raw XML string containing configuration or state data received from the underlying ncclient library.
Sample: ... | |
stdout_lines list |
always apart from low-level errors (such as action plugin) |
The value of stdout split into a list
Sample: ['...', '...'] |
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
- Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)
- Sven Wisotzky (@wisotzky)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/netconf_get_module.html