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community.network.netscaler_save_config – Save Netscaler configuration.
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.netscaler_save_config
.
Synopsis
- This module unconditionally saves the configuration on the target netscaler node.
- This module does not support check mode.
- This module is intended to run either on the ansible control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual netscaler instance.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- nitro python sdk
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
nitro_pass
string / required
|
The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
|
|
nitro_protocol
string
|
|
Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.
|
nitro_timeout
string
|
Default:
310
|
Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler.
|
nitro_user
string / required
|
The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
|
|
nsip
string / required
|
The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made.
The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555 .
|
|
validate_certs
boolean
|
|
If no , SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.
|
Examples
---
- name: Save netscaler configuration
delegate_to: localhost
community.network.netscaler_save_config:
nsip: 172.18.0.2
nitro_user: nsroot
nitro_pass: nsroot
- name: Setup server without saving configuration
delegate_to: localhost
notify: Save configuration
netscaler_server:
nsip: 172.18.0.2
nitro_user: nsroot
nitro_pass: nsroot
save_config: no
name: server-1
ipaddress: 192.168.1.1
# Under playbook's handlers
- name: Save configuration
delegate_to: localhost
community.network.netscaler_save_config:
nsip: 172.18.0.2
nitro_user: nsroot
nitro_pass: nsroot
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
loglines
list / elements=string
|
always |
list of logged messages by the module
Sample:
['message 1', 'message 2']
|
msg
string
|
failure |
Message detailing the failure reason
Sample:
Action does not exist
|
Authors
- George Nikolopoulos (@giorgos-nikolopoulos)
© 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/netscaler_save_config_module.html