Automation

I am having issues automating something with ansible,
Every month juniper requests us to give them a full inventory list of all of our devices, by running this command on the box and saving it in a file:
"show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more"

At first i tried something like this:

---
- name: Grab Junipers Monlthy Request
  hosts: test
  gather_facts: no
  connection: netconf
  
  vars_files:
    - ../../../Credentials/credentials.yml

  vars:
    ansible_network_os: junos

  tasks:
        
    - name: Run Command On Juniper Device
      junipernetworks.junos.junos_config:
        lines:
          - show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more

That obviously does not work because ansible doesn't like the "|" within the command.
Does anyone have a playbook handy that will grab information like this:

user@devicename> show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more 
<rpc-reply xmlns:junos="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R1.9/junos">
    <chassis-inventory xmlns="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R0/junos-chassis">

       --All chassis information from the output of the command---

            </chassis-module>
        </chassis>
    </chassis-inventory>
    <cli>
        <banner>{master:0}</banner>
    </cli>
</rpc-reply>

They need it formated "exactly how it is outputted" for their automation on their end that they use.

I got this figured out, was a bit more complex than i was hoping for

---
- name: Grab Juniper's Monthly Request
  hosts: supported
  gather_facts: no
  connection: netconf

  vars_files:
    - ../../../Credentials/credentials.yml

  vars:
    ansible_network_os: junos
    inventory_directory: "SavedData"  # Change this to the directory you want to save files to

  tasks:
    - name: Create directory for inventory files
      delegate_to: localhost
      run_once: true
      file:
        path: "./{{ inventory_directory }}"
        state: directory
        mode: '0755'

    - name: Get Junos version
      junipernetworks.junos.junos_command:
        commands:
          - show version | display xml | no-more
      register: version_output

    - name: Extract Junos version from output
      set_fact:
        junos_version: "{{ version_output.stdout[0] | regex_search('<junos-version>(.*?)</junos-version>', '\\1') | first }}"

    - name: Run "show chassis hardware detail" command
      junipernetworks.junos.junos_command:
        commands:
          - show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more
      register: chassis_output

    - name: Remove the unwanted <rpc-reply> message-id line
      set_fact:
        cleaned_xml: "{{ chassis_output.stdout[0] | regex_replace('<rpc-reply message-id=.*?>', '') | replace('><', '>\n<') }}"

    - name: Remove last two lines from output
      set_fact:
        trimmed_xml: "{{ cleaned_xml.splitlines()[:-2] | join('\n') }}"

    - name: Build Final Output
      set_fact:
        formatted_output: |
          User@{{ inventory_hostname }}> show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more
          <rpc-reply xmlns:junos="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/{{ junos_version }}/junos">
              <chassis-inventory xmlns="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R0/junos-chassis">
          {{ trimmed_xml }}
              </chassis-inventory>
              </chassis-inventory>
              <cli>
                  <banner>{master:0}</banner>
              </cli>
          </rpc-reply>

    - name: Save formatted output to a file 
      delegate_to: localhost
      copy:
        content: "{{ formatted_output }}"
        dest: "./{{ inventory_directory }}/{{ inventory_hostname }}.txt"

Here is the playbook in case anyone in the future runs across this issue

---- name: Grab Junipers Monlthy Request  hosts: test  gather_facts: no  connection: netconf    vars_files:    - ../../../Credentials/credentials.yml  vars:    ansible_network_os: junos  tasks:            - name: Run Command On Juniper Device      junipernetworks.junos.junos_config:        lines:          - show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more

user@devicename> show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more <rpc-reply xmlns:junos="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R1.9/junos">    <chassis-inventory xmlns="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R0/junos-chassis">       --All chassis information from the output of the command---            </chassis-module>        </chassis>    </chassis-inventory>    <cli>        <banner>{master:0}</banner>    </cli></rpc-reply>

try this as well,

- name: get chassis hardware detail
  junos_command:
    commands: show chassis hardware detail
    display: xml

---- name: Grab Junipers Monlthy Request  hosts: test  gather_facts: no  connection: netconf    vars_files:    - ../../../Credentials/credentials.yml  vars:    ansible_network_os: junos  tasks:            - name: Run Command On Juniper Device      junipernetworks.junos.junos_config:        lines:          - show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more

user@devicename> show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more <rpc-reply xmlns:junos="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R1.9/junos">    <chassis-inventory xmlns="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R0/junos-chassis">       --All chassis information from the output of the command---            </chassis-module>        </chassis>    </chassis-inventory>    <cli>        <banner>{master:0}</banner>    </cli></rpc-reply>

It is not necessary to go via 'show' commands. The data you are looking for is probably available under 'junos_facts'.

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos-ansible/ansible/topics/task/junos-ansible-device-facts-retrieving.html
https://galaxy.ansible.com/ui/repo/published/junipernetworks/junos/content/module/junos_facts/

So, something like

---
- name: Collect Junos versions and models and save to CSV
  hosts: all
  gather_facts: no
  tasks:
    - name: Gather Junos facts
      junipernetworks.junos.junos_facts:
      register: device_facts

    - name: Add Junos version and model to a list
      set_fact:
        device_info_list: "{{ device_info_list | default([]) + [{'hostname': inventory_hostname, 'model': device_facts.facts.model, 'version': device_facts.facts.version}] }}"

    - name: Write results to CSV
      local_action:
        module: copy
        content: |
          hostname,model,version
          {% for device in device_info_list %}
          {{ device.hostname }},{{ device.model }},{{ device.version }}
          {% endfor %}
        dest: junos_device_info.csv
      run_once: yes

- name: get chassis hardware detail  junos_command:    commands: show chassis hardware detail    display: xml

---- name: Grab Junipers Monlthy Request  hosts: test  gather_facts: no  connection: netconf    vars_files:    - ../../../Credentials/credentials.yml  vars:    ansible_network_os: junos  tasks:            - name: Run Command On Juniper Device      junipernetworks.junos.junos_config:        lines:          - show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more

user@devicename> show chassis hardware detail | display xml | no-more <rpc-reply xmlns:junos="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R1.9/junos">    <chassis-inventory xmlns="http://xml.juniper.net/junos/24.4R0/junos-chassis">       --All chassis information from the output of the command---            </chassis-module>        </chassis>    </chassis-inventory>    <cli>        <banner>{master:0}</banner>    </cli></rpc-reply>