- Ansible use NXAPI call to Cisco switches
- Using Red Hat Ansible Engine on RHEL8
- Target to check and create VLAN on each Cisco Switches ( merged with no deletion)
- RHEL 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.8 (Ootpa)
Warning Using Mac with Apple Silicon will cause problem on some of python package which causing cisco.nexus collection
- Python 3.6.8
[redhat@dev-ws nxos]$ python3 --version
Python 3.6.8
[redhat@dev-ws nxos]$
- cisco.nxos
ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos
aiohttp 3.8.4
aiosignal 1.2.0
ansible-lint 5.4.0
ansible-pylibssh 1.1.0
async-timeout 4.0.2
asynctest 0.13.0
attr 0.3.2
attrs 22.2.0
Babel 2.5.1
bcrypt 4.0.1
blivet 3.6.0
bracex 2.2.1
Brlapi 0.6.7
cachetools 4.2.4
certifi 2023.7.22
cffi 1.15.1
chardet 3.0.4
charset-normalizer 3.0.1
chrome-gnome-shell 0.0.0
commonmark 0.9.1
configobj 5.0.6
cryptography 40.0.2
cupshelpers 1.0
dasbus 1.2
dataclasses 0.8
dbus-python 1.2.4
decorator 4.2.1
docopt 0.6.2
enrich 1.2.7
ethtool 0.14
file-magic 0.3.0
frozenlist 1.2.0
google-auth 2.22.0
gpg 1.13.1
html5lib 0.999999999
idna 2.5
idna-ssl 1.1.0
iniparse 0.4
initial-setup 0.3.81.7
isc 2.0
Jinja2 2.10.1
jmespath 0.9.0
kubernetes 27.2.0
langtable 0.0.51
libcomps 0.1.18
lxml 4.2.3
MarkupSafe 0.23
multidict 5.2.0
nftables 0.1
ntplib 0.3.3
oauthlib 3.2.2
ordered-set 2.0.2
packaging 21.3
paramiko 3.3.1
perf 0.1
pexpect 4.3.1
pid 2.1.1
pip 21.3.1
ply 3.9
productmd 1.11
prompt-toolkit 3.0.36
psutil 5.4.3
ptyprocess 0.5.2
pwquality 1.4.4
pyasn1 0.5.0
pyasn1-modules 0.3.0
pycairo 1.16.3
pycparser 2.14
pycups 1.9.72
pycurl 7.43.0.2
pydbus 0.6.0
pyenchant 2.0.0
pyflakes 3.0.1
Pygments 2.14.0
PyGObject 3.28.3
pyinotify 0.9.6
pykickstart 3.16.15
PyNaCl 1.5.0
pyparsing 3.0.9
pyparted 3.11.7
PySocks 1.6.8
python-dateutil 2.6.1
python-dmidecode 3.12.2
python-linux-procfs 0.7.0
python-meh 0.47.2
pytils 0.4.1
pytz 2017.2
pyudev 0.21.0
pyvim 3.0.3
pyvmomi 7.0.3
pyxdg 0.25
PyYAML 6.0.1
requests 2.20.0
requests-file 1.4.3
requests-ftp 0.3.1
requests-oauthlib 1.3.1
rich 12.6.0
rpm 4.14.3
rsa 4.9
ruamel.yaml 0.17.31
ruamel.yaml.clib 0.2.7
selinux 2.9
sepolicy 1.1
setools 4.3.0
setroubleshoot 1.1
setuptools 39.2.0
simpleline 1.1.3
six 1.11.0
slip 0.6.4
slip.dbus 0.6.4
sos 4.5.6
SSSDConfig 2.8.2
subscription-manager 1.28.36
syspurpose 1.28.36
systemd-python 234
tenacity 8.2.2
tools 0.1.9
typing_extensions 4.1.1
urllib3 1.24.2
urwid 2.1.2
wcmatch 8.3
wcwidth 0.2.6
webencodings 0.5.1
websocket-client 1.3.1
yarl 1.7.2
vlan_check.yml
ansible-playbook -i inventory.ini vlan_check.yml -vv
---
- name: Configure VLAN on Cisco Nexus
hosts: nxos
connection: local
gather_facts: false
tasks:
- name: Include vlan vars
include_vars:
file: "{{ vlan_file }}.yml"
- name: Query NXOS
cisco.nxos.nxos_facts:
gather_subset: all
register: response
- name: VLANs found on NXOS Device
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ response.ansible_facts.ansible_net_vlan_list }}"
- name: Build array of vlan ids from vlan var file
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
vlans_check: "{{ vlans | map(attribute='id') | list }}"
- name: VLANs Required
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ vlans_check }}"
- name: Check for VLAN Existance
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "vlanId {{ item }} has been found"
with_items: "{{ response.ansible_facts.ansible_net_vlan_list }}"
loop_control:
label: "{{ item }}"
when: item in vlans_check
- name: Create vlan
cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
config:
- vlan_id: "{{ item.id }}"
name: "{{ item.name }}"
state: merged
with_items: "{{ vlans }}"
review vlan to be added
vlan.yml
vlans:
- { name: 'dev', id: '1000' }
- { name: 'prod', id: '1001' }
output
PLAY [NXOS Query] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Include vlan vars] *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [172.16.15.157]
TASK [Query NXOS] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [172.16.15.157]
TASK [VLANs found on NXOS Device] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [172.16.15.157] => {
"msg": []
}
TASK [Build array of vlan ids from vlan var file] ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [172.16.15.157]
TASK [VLANs Required] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [172.16.15.157] => {
"msg": [
"1000",
"1001"
]
}
TASK [Check for VLAN Existance] ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
TASK [Create vlan] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [172.16.15.157] => (item={'name': 'dev', 'id': '1000'})
ok: [172.16.15.157] => (item={'name': 'prod', 'id': '1001'})
PLAY RECAP ***************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
172.16.15.157 : ok=6 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=1 rescued=0 ignored=0
switch# show vlan
VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- -------------------------------
1 default active Eth1/1, Eth1/2, Eth1/3, Eth1/4
Eth1/5, Eth1/6, Eth1/7, Eth1/8
Eth1/9, Eth1/10, Eth1/11
Eth1/12, Eth1/13, Eth1/14
Eth1/15, Eth1/16, Eth1/17
Eth1/18, Eth1/19, Eth1/20
Eth1/21, Eth1/22, Eth1/23
Eth1/24, Eth1/25, Eth1/26
Eth1/27, Eth1/28, Eth1/29
Eth1/30, Eth1/31, Eth1/32
Eth1/33, Eth1/34, Eth1/35
Eth1/36, Eth1/37, Eth1/38
Eth1/39, Eth1/40, Eth1/41
Eth1/42, Eth1/43, Eth1/44
Eth1/45, Eth1/46, Eth1/47
Eth1/48, Eth1/49, Eth1/50
Eth1/51, Eth1/52, Eth1/53
Eth1/54, Eth1/55, Eth1/56
Eth1/57, Eth1/58, Eth1/59
Eth1/60, Eth1/61, Eth1/62
Eth1/63, Eth1/64
1000 dev active
1001 prod active
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