Ansible Collection - jefvantongerloo.alcatel

Ansible collection to support Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OmniSwitch aos devices (aos6 & aos8)

Supported connections

The Alcatel collection supports network_cli connections.

Cliconf Plugins

Network OS	Description
jefvantongerloo.alcatel.aos	Use aos cliconf to run command on ALE aos platform

Action Plugins

Name	Description
ansible.netcommon.cli_command	Run a cli command on aos device
ansible.netcommon.cli_config	Push text based configuration to aos over network_cli
ansible.netcommon.net_get	Copy a file from the aos device to Ansible Controller
ansible.netcommon.net_put	Copy a file from Ansible Controller to the aos device

Modules

Name	Description
jefvantongerloo.alcatel.device_info	Get ALE Omniswitch device information dictionary

Installation

Collection distribution is viaAnsible-Galaxy

Install the Python Textfsm-aos and Ansible-pylibssh packages:

pip install -r requirements.txt

You can install the jefvantongerloo.alcatel collection with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

ansible-galaxy collection install jefvantongerloo.alcatel

You can also include it in the requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: jefvantongerloo.alcatel

Usage

To use this collection make sure to set required inventory host parameters, for example:

---
ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
ansible_network_os: jefvantongerloo.alcatel.aos
ansible_user: admin
ansible_password: switch

Example playbooks

Device_info

---
- name: test device_info module
  connection: network_cli
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: device_info test
        jefvantongerloo.alcatel.device_info:
        register: device_info

    - name: debug device_info
        debug:
        msg: "{{ device_info }}"

Cli_command

---
- name: cli_command
  connection: network_cli
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: cli_command test
      cli_command:
        command: show chassis
      register: chassis

    - name: debug cli_command output
        debug:
        msg: "{{ chassis }}"

Cli_config backup

---
- name: cli_config backup
  connection: network_cli
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: cli_config backup test
      cli_config:
        backup: yes
        backup_options:
          dir_path: tmp
      register: backup_running

    - name: debug backup_running
        debug:
        msg: "{{ backup_running }}"

Net_get

---
- name: Copy file from aos device
  connection: network_cli
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: net_get test
      ansible.netcommon.net_get:
        src: /flash/working/vcboot.cfg
        dest: tmp/vcboot.cfg
        protocol: sftp

Net_put

---
- name: Copy file to aos device
  connection: network_cli
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: net_put test
      net_put:
        src: tmp/vcboot.cfg
        dest: /flash/vcboot.cfg
        protocol: sftp