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cisco.nso.nso_show – Displays data from Cisco NSO.
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.nso collection (version 1.0.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nso.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nso.nso_show.
Synopsis
- This module provides support for displaying data from Cisco NSO.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- Cisco NSO version 3.4.12 or higher, 4.1.9 or higher, 4.2.6 or higher, 4.3.7 or higher, 4.4.5 or higher, 4.5 or higher.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| operational
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Controls whether or not operational data is included in the result.
         | 
     
| password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        NSO password
         | 
     |
| path
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Path to NSO data.
         | 
     |
| 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
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        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: DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING OPERATIONAL DATA
  cisco.nso.nso_show:
    url: https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    path: /ncs:devices/device{dist-rtr01}
    operational: true
  register: result
- name: Display the result
  debug:
    var: result
- name: DISPLAY INTERFACES
  cisco.nso.nso_show:
    url: "https://10.10.20.49/jsonrpc"
    username: developer
    password: C1sco12345
    path: /ncs:devices/device{dist-rtr01}/config/interface
    operational: true
  register: result
- name: Display the result
  debug:
    var: result
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| output
        
        dictionary
         | 
      success | 
        
        Configuration
          | 
     
Authors
- Claes Nästén (@cnasten)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/nso/nso_show_module.html