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community.network.ce_netconf – Run an arbitrary netconf command on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).

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 community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_netconf.

Synopsis

  • Sends an arbitrary netconf command on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
cfg_xml
string / required
The config xml string.
rpc
string / required
    Choices:
  • get
  • edit-config
  • execute-action
  • execute-cli
The type of rpc.

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
  • Recommended connection is netconf.
  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: CloudEngine netconf test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: "Netconf get operation"
    community.network.ce_netconf:
      rpc: get
      cfg_xml: '<filter type="subtree">
                  <vlan xmlns="http://www.huawei.com/netconf/vrp" content-version="1.0" format-version="1.0">
                    <vlans>
                      <vlan>
                        <vlanId>10</vlanId>
                        <vlanif>
                          <ifName></ifName>
                          <cfgBand></cfgBand>
                          <dampTime></dampTime>
                        </vlanif>
                      </vlan>
                    </vlans>
                  </vlan>
                </filter>'
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Netconf edit-config operation"
    community.network.ce_netconf:
      rpc: edit-config
      cfg_xml: '<config>
                    <aaa xmlns="http://www.huawei.com/netconf/vrp" content-version="1.0" format-version="1.0">
                      <authenticationSchemes>
                        <authenticationScheme operation="create">
                          <authenSchemeName>default_wdz</authenSchemeName>
                          <firstAuthenMode>local</firstAuthenMode>
                          <secondAuthenMode>invalid</secondAuthenMode>
                        </authenticationScheme>
                      </authenticationSchemes>
                    </aaa>
                   </config>'
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Netconf execute-action operation"
    community.network.ce_netconf:
      rpc: execute-action
      cfg_xml: '<action>
                     <l2mc xmlns="http://www.huawei.com/netconf/vrp" content-version="1.0" format-version="1.0">
                       <l2McResetAllVlanStatis>
                         <addrFamily>ipv4unicast</addrFamily>
                       </l2McResetAllVlanStatis>
                     </l2mc>
                   </action>'
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
check to see if a change was made on the device

Sample:
True
end_state
dictionary
always
k/v pairs of aaa params after module execution

Sample:
{'result': ['ok']}


Authors

  • wangdezhuang (@QijunPan)

© 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/community/network/ce_netconf_module.html