Automation

Hello,

For an automation purpose, I'm trying to reproduce the following command in Ansible: show configuration | display xml | display inheritance defaults

But I can't find a way to have the inheritance defaults values in the retrieved configuration. For the moment, this what I have, but it only do the command : show configuration | display xml

- name: "GET CONF IN XML"
  junos_get_config:

    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    user: "{{ user }}"
    passwd: "{{ pass }}"
    format: xml
    dest: /playbooks/output/{{ inventory_hostname }}_conf.xml

How could I modify this playbook or use another one to reproduice the command ?

Any help will be appreciated

Thanks

Hi NSI,

The <inherit: "defaults"> option should do the trick for your use case. "To retrieve data from the post-inheritance configuration, which displays statements that are inherited from user-defined groups and ranges as children of the inheriting statements, you can include the options argument with inherit: "inherit" Now, if we check the <get-configuration> RPC, the "defaults" value for the inherit option is also present -

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/reference/tag-summary/junos-xml-protocol-get-configuration.html

This worked for me -

---
- name: Get Configuration Inheritence Defaults
  hosts:
    - all
  roles:
    - Juniper.junos
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no

  vars_prompt:
    - name: username
      prompt: Junos Username
      private: no

    - name: password
      prompt: Junos Password
      private: yes
  tasks:
    - name: "Get = show configuration | display inheritence defaults | display xml"
      juniper_junos_config:
        retrieve: "committed"
        options:
          inherit: "defaults"
        provider:
          host: "{{ ansible_host }}"
          port: 22
          user: "{{ username }}"
          passwd: "{{ password }}"
        format: xml
        return_output: true

Result:

PLAYBOOK: config-inherit-defaults.yaml **************************************************************************************************************************************************************
1 plays in config-inherit-defaults.yaml
Junos Username: xxx
Junos Password: 

PLAY [Get Configuration Inheritence Defaults] *******************************************************************************************************************************************************
META: ran handlers

TASK [Get = show configuration | display inheritence defaults | display xml] ************************************************************************************************************************
<...>
ok: [sony] => {
    "changed": false, 
"config_lines": [
"<configuration commit-seconds=\"1173401135\" commit-localtime=\"2007-03-08 16:45:35 PST\" commit-user=xxx..",
        "    <version>16.1R6-S3.1</version>", 
        "    <comment>#", 
        "# Defines the default for dynamic-profiles", 
        "#</comment>", 
        "    <dynamic-profiles>", 
        "        <name>junos-default-profile</name>", 
        "        <variables>", 
        "            <name>junos-interface-unit</name>", 
        "            <undocumented><internal/></undocumented>", 
        "            <undocumented><valid-path>interface_unit_number|unit-number unit interface interface-set</valid-path></undocumented>", 
<...>

REF: Using Ansible to Retrieve or Compare Junos OS Configurations.

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Thanks for the quick answer ! It's working as I wanted !