ntc_config_command

Synopsis

This module write config data to devices that don’t have an API. The use case would be writing configuration based on output gleaned from ntc_show_command output.

Options

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
commands	no			Command to execute on target device
commands_file	yes			Command to execute on target device
connection	no	ssh	ssh	connect to device using netmiko or read from offline file for testing
host	no			IP Address or hostname (resolvable by Ansible control host)
password	no			Password used to login to the target device
platform	yes	ssh		Platform FROM the index file
port	no	22		SSH port to use to connect to the target device
secret	no			Password used to enter a privileged mode on the target device
username	no			Username used to login to the target device

Important

Requires netmiko

Examples

# write vlan data
- ntc_config_command:
    connection: ssh
    platform: cisco_nxos
    commands:
      - vlan 10
      - name vlan_10
      - end
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    secret: "{{ secret }}"

# write config from file
- ntc_config_command:
    connection: ssh
    platform: cisco_nxos
    commands_file: "dynamically_created_config.txt"
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
    secret: "{{ secret }}"