The Ansible ansible.netcommon collection includes common content to help automate the management of network, security, and cloud devices.
This includes connection plugins, such as network_cli, httpapi, and netconf.
As a Red Hat Ansible Certified Content, this collection is entitled to support through Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
If a support case cannot be opened with Red Hat and the collection has been obtained either from Galaxy or GitHub, there is community support available at no charge.
You can join us on #network:ansible.com room or the Ansible Forum Network Working Group.
For more information you can check the communication section below.
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Join the Ansible forum:
- Get Help: get help or help others.
- Posts tagged with 'network': subscribe to participate in collection-related conversations.
- Ansible Network Automation Working Group: by joining the team you will automatically get subscribed to the posts tagged with network.
- Social Spaces: gather and interact with fellow enthusiasts.
- News & Announcements: track project-wide announcements including social events.
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The Ansible Bullhorn newsletter: used to announce releases and important changes.
For more information about communication, see the Ansible communication guide.
This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: >=2.15.0.
For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your network_os to use the
fully qualified collection name (for example, cisco.ios.ios).
Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions.
A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions.
PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.enable | Switch to elevated permissions on a network device |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.default | General purpose cliconf plugin for new platforms |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.grpc | Provides a persistent connection using the gRPC protocol |
| ansible.netcommon.httpapi | Use httpapi to run command on network appliances |
| ansible.netcommon.libssh | Run tasks using libssh for ssh connection |
| ansible.netcommon.netconf | Provides a persistent connection using the netconf protocol |
| ansible.netcommon.network_cli | Use network_cli to run command on network appliances |
| ansible.netcommon.persistent | Use a persistent unix socket for connection |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.comp_type5 | The comp_type5 filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.hash_salt | The hash_salt filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.parse_cli | parse_cli filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.parse_cli_textfsm | parse_cli_textfsm filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.parse_xml | The parse_xml filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.pop_ace | Remove ace entries from a acl source of truth. |
| ansible.netcommon.type5_pw | The type5_pw filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.vlan_expander | The vlan_expander filter plugin. |
| ansible.netcommon.vlan_parser | The vlan_parser filter plugin. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.restconf | HttpApi Plugin for devices supporting Restconf API |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.default | Use default netconf plugin to run standard netconf commands as per RFC |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ansible.netcommon.cli_backup | Back up device configuration from network devices over network_cli |
| ansible.netcommon.cli_command | Run a cli command on cli-based network devices |
| ansible.netcommon.cli_config | Push text based configuration to network devices over network_cli |
| ansible.netcommon.cli_restore | Restore device configuration to network devices over network_cli |
| ansible.netcommon.grpc_config | Fetch configuration/state data from gRPC enabled target hosts. |
| ansible.netcommon.grpc_get | Fetch configuration/state data from gRPC enabled target hosts. |
| ansible.netcommon.net_get | Copy a file from a network device to Ansible Controller |
| ansible.netcommon.net_ping | Tests reachability using ping from a network device |
| ansible.netcommon.net_put | Copy a file from Ansible Controller to a network device |
| ansible.netcommon.netconf_config | netconf device configuration |
| ansible.netcommon.netconf_get | Fetch configuration/state data from NETCONF enabled network devices. |
| ansible.netcommon.netconf_rpc | Execute operations on NETCONF enabled network devices. |
| ansible.netcommon.network_resource | Manage resource modules |
| ansible.netcommon.restconf_config | Handles create, update, read and delete of configuration data on RESTCONF enabled devices. |
| ansible.netcommon.restconf_get | Fetch configuration/state data from RESTCONF enabled devices. |
| ansible.netcommon.telnet | Executes a low-down and dirty telnet command |
You can install the ansible.netcommon collection with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:
ansible-galaxy collection install ansible.netcommon
You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:
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collections:
- name: ansible.netcommonThe most common use case for this collection is to include it as a dependency in a network device-specific collection. Use the Fully Qualified Collection Name (FQCN) when referring to content in this collection (for example, ansible.netcommon.network_cli).
See the Vyos collection for an example of this.
- Ansible Using collections for more details.
We welcome community contributions to this collection. If you find problems, please open an issue or create a PR against the ansible.netcommon collection repository. See Contributing to Ansible-maintained collections for complete details.
You can also join us on:
- IRC -
#ansible-networkirc.libera.chat channel - Slack - https://ansiblenetwork.slack.com
See the Ansible Community Guide for details on contributing to Ansible.
This collection follows the Ansible project's Code of Conduct. Please read and familiarize yourself with this document.
Release notes are available here
- Developing network resource modules
- Ansible network resources
- Ansible Collection overview
- Ansible User guide
- Ansible Developer guide
- Ansible Community code of conduct
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