napalm-ansible

Collection of ansible modules that use napalm to retrieve data or modify configuration on networking devices.

Modules

The following modules are currently available:

• napalm_diff_yang
• napalm_get_facts
• napalm_install_config
• napalm_parse_yang
• napalm_ping
• napalm_translate_yang
• napalm_validate

Install

To install just run the command:

pip install napalm-ansible

Configuring ansible

Once you have installed napalm-ansible run the command napalm-ansible and follow the instructions. For example::

$ napalm-ansible
To make sure ansible can make use of the napalm modules you will have
to add the following configuration to your ansible configuration
file, i.e. `./ansible.cfg`:

    [defaults]
    library = /Users/dbarroso/workspace/napalm/napalm-ansible/napalm_ansible

For more details on ansible's configuration file visit:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/intro_configuration.html

Examples

Example to retrieve facts from a device

 - name: get facts from device
   napalm_get_facts:
     hostname={{ inventory_hostname }}
     username={{ user }}
     dev_os={{ os }}
     password={{ passwd }}
     filter='facts,interfaces,bgp_neighbors'
   register: result

 - name: print data
   debug: var=result

Example to install config on a device

- assemble:
    src=../compiled/{{ inventory_hostname }}/
    dest=../compiled/{{ inventory_hostname }}/running.conf

 - napalm_install_config:
    hostname={{ inventory_hostname }}
    username={{ user }}
    dev_os={{ os }}
    password={{ passwd }}
    config_file=../compiled/{{ inventory_hostname }}/running.conf
    commit_changes={{ commit_changes }}
    replace_config={{ replace_config }}
    get_diffs=True
    diff_file=../compiled/{{ inventory_hostname }}/diff

Example to get compliance report

- name: GET VALIDATION REPORT
  napalm_validate:
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
    hostname: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    dev_os: "{{ dev_os }}"
    validation_file: validate.yml