CloudEngine OS Platform Options ¶

CloudEngine CE OS supports multiple connections. This page offers details on how each connection works in Ansible and how to use it.

Topics

CloudEngine OS Platform Options

Connections Available ¶

	CLI	NETCONF
Protocol	SSH	XML over SSH
Credentials	uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present accepts `-u myuser -k` if using password	uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present accepts `-u myuser -k` if using password
Indirect Access	via a bastion (jump host)	via a bastion (jump host)
Connection Settings	`ansible_connection: network_cli`	`ansible_connection: netconf`
Enable Mode (Privilege Escalation)	not supported by ce OS	not supported by ce OS
Returned Data Format	Refer to individual module documentation	Refer to individual module documentation

For legacy playbooks, Ansible still supports ansible_connection=local on all CloudEngine modules. We recommend modernizing to use ansible_connection=netconf or ansible_connection=network_cli as soon as possible.

Using CLI in Ansible ¶

Example CLI inventory `[ce:vars]`¶

[ce:vars]
ansible_connection=network_cli
ansible_network_os=ce
ansible_user=myuser
ansible_password=!vault...
ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'

If you are using SSH keys (including an ssh-agent) you can remove the ansible_password configuration.
If you are accessing your host directly (not through a bastion/jump host) you can remove the ansible_ssh_common_args configuration.
If you are accessing your host through a bastion/jump host, you cannot include your SSH password in the ProxyCommand directive. To prevent secrets from leaking out (for example in ps output), SSH does not support providing passwords via environment variables.

Example CLI Task ¶

- name: Retrieve CE OS version
  ce_command:
    commands: display version
  when: ansible_network_os == 'ce'

Using NETCONF in Ansible ¶

Enabling NETCONF ¶

Before you can use NETCONF to connect to a switch, you must:

install the ncclient python package on your control node(s) with pip install ncclient
enable NETCONF on the CloudEngine OS device(s)

To enable NETCONF on a new switch via Ansible, use the ce_config module via the CLI connection. Set up your platform-level variables just like in the CLI example above, then run a playbook task like this:

- name: Enable NETCONF
  connection: network_cli
  ce_config:
    lines:
      - snetconf server enable
  when: ansible_network_os == 'ce'

Once NETCONF is enabled, change your variables to use the NETCONF connection.

Example NETCONF inventory `[ce:vars]`¶

[ce:vars]
ansible_connection=netconf
ansible_network_os=ce
ansible_user=myuser
ansible_password=!vault |
ansible_ssh_common_args='-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'

Example NETCONF Task ¶

- name: Create a vlan, id is 50(ce)
  ce_vlan:
    vlan_id: 50
    name: WEB
  when: ansible_network_os == 'ce'

Notes ¶

Modules work with connection C(network_cli)¶

ce_acl_interface
ce_command
ce_config
ce_evpn_bgp
ce_evpn_bgp_rr
ce_evpn_global
ce_facts
ce_mlag_interface
ce_mtu
ce_netstream_aging
ce_netstream_export
ce_netstream_global
ce_netstream_template
ce_ntp_auth
ce_rollback
ce_snmp_contact
ce_snmp_location
ce_snmp_traps
ce_startup
ce_stp
ce_vxlan_arp
ce_vxlan_gateway
ce_vxlan_global

Modules work with connection C(netconf)¶

ce_aaa_server
ce_aaa_server_host
ce_acl
ce_acl_advance
ce_bfd_global
ce_bfd_session
ce_bfd_view
ce_bgp
ce_bgp_af
ce_bgp_neighbor
ce_bgp_neighbor_af
ce_dldp
ce_dldp_interface
ce_eth_trunk
ce_evpn_bd_vni
ce_file_copy
ce_info_center_debug
ce_info_center_global
ce_info_center_log
ce_info_center_trap
ce_interface
ce_interface_ospf
ce_ip_interface
ce_lacp
ce_link_status
ce_lldp
ce_lldp_interface
ce_mlag_config
ce_netconf
ce_ntp
ce_ospf
ce_ospf_vrf
ce_reboot
ce_sflow
ce_snmp_community
ce_snmp_target_host
ce_snmp_user
ce_static_route
ce_static_route_bfd
ce_switchport
ce_vlan
ce_vrf
ce_vrf_af
ce_vrf_interface
ce_vrrp
ce_vxlan_tunnel
ce_vxlan_vap

警告

Never store passwords in plain text. We recommend using SSH keys to authenticate SSH connections. Ansible supports ssh-agent to manage your SSH keys. If you must use passwords to authenticate SSH connections, we recommend encrypting them with Ansible Vault.

参见

Setting timeout options