Ansible Network Automation Example | Backup Cisco Router Playbook

[@RogerPerkin]

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[@yasirnawaz2798]

I would suggest to use ssh keys instead of plain text password. Mostly Cisco switches do support. Secondly, you can append date and time at the end of backup file by using $(date +%F_%R). e.g filename.$(date +%F_%R)

[@TonyPearceau]

Thanks Roger, worked first time. Now to investigate pushing the configs into a private git repo after successful backup :)

[@RogerPerkin]

Great stuff, very timely in that I am creating a lesson on Git today for my Ansible course learn-network-automation.teachable.com/p/ansible-for-network-engineers/

[@RashidSiddiqui]

Hi Roger, is there a way that the output of the file is pushed back to the github library?

[@kevishgurriah7735]

Any videos for acessing network devices through bastion/jump hosts?

[@neeraj79]

Hi Roger, Wonderful video. How can you deploy firmware patches to Cisco devices using this method ?

[@Roy4USA]

sudo apt install ansible is how to install ansible on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, ...

[@BradShifflett]

will you be doing a follow-up on version control? I use Rancid for now, but this seems to be more robust on the things we could do for further automation.

[@RogerPerkin]

Hi Brad, yes I will be doing a lot more videos and this is the introduction to a course I am writing on Automation for Network Engineers - it will all be here in the next few months. rogerperkin.co.uk/online-training/course/ansible-for-network-automation/ On lesson is version control - using time and date stamps and then also using Git Thanks for the comment

[@sliddjur]

you should try oxidized (possibly with librenms)

[@wecare30333333]

Hi roger, great video, just want to ask how can I bounce a router to telnet or ssh to another router just like ssh proxy in netmiko ?

[@RogerPerkin]

Can you re-phrase that question as I am not exactly sure what you are asking?

[@wecare30333333]

Roger Perkin yeah sure, I have infrastructure in my company where I need to require to login to a switch and from there only I can ssh or telnet to my other devices .to achieve that there is a option in netmiko module in python language which is called ssh proxy. So is there any similar feature in ansible.

[@edvinaskai5899]

hello, how to install (add) an ansible playbook to Ansible ? Thanks

[@СергейВаренников-ы9о]

ERROR! Syntax Error while loading YAML. The error appears to have been in '/etc/ansible/playbook/sw9_backup.yml': line 3, column 1, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - hosts: sw9 gather_facts: true ^ here exception type: exception: while parsing a block collection in "", line 2, column 1 did not find expected '-' indicator in "", line 3, column 1

[@sagardezignDOTcom]

- host: sw9 gather_facts: true

[@fatima-zahrabouhajban2390]

Is it possible to do the same for Juniper/Alcatel-lucent Routers ?

[@RogerPerkin]

Yes Ansible will work with Juniper - I will add another video shortly to show that

[@fatima-zahrabouhajban2390]

Thanks for your help :)

[@sliddjur]

"shortly" ;)

[@georgesmith3022]

Lets say i have 1000 routers and one is unreachable. After ssh timeout will it continue or stop? Also is there any way to run tasks in parallel in order to speed up the process?

[@RogerPerkin]

hi George, if Ansible cannot connect to one router once it times out it will continue with the playbook run. Ansible by default will connect to 5 routers at a time, this can be increased but is down to performance of your Ansible host.

[@ademdarguner]

[WARNING]: Invalid characters were found in group names but not replaced, use -vvvv to see details ERROR! We were unable to read either as JSON nor YAML, these are the errors we got from each: JSON: No JSON object could be decoded Syntax Error while loading YAML. did not find expected '-' indicator The error appears to be in '/etc/ansible/playbooks/swconfig.yml': line 8, column 4, but may be elsewhere in the file depending on the exact syntax problem. The offending line appears to be: - name: show run ios_command: ^ here [root@ansible playbooks]# I saw problem this code. What's wrong with my code?

[@elanbarirachid6581]

hello, thanks for this video , I have a question please! Ansible supports servers and juniper routers ? cause I need to know this so bad to implements it as soon as possible and thanks again :)

[@RogerPerkin]

Yes, Ansible was originally developed for automation on servers, in the last few releases 2.1, 2.2 and now 2.3 it has many more modules for network devices and is rapidly becoming the goto tool for open source network automation.

[@elanbarirachid6581]

thanks Mr Roger! I sent you a message on your fb account, can you please answer me ?

[@RogerPerkin]

Don't see it - send me a message here - www.rogerperkin.co.uk/contact/

[@kevinsequeira6114]

Roger, I'm an Acquisition Editor with Packt. Would you like to develop a video tutorial on Ansible and Cisco Integration?

[@RogerPerkin]

Kevin, can you go to my website www.rogerperkin.co.uk/contact/ and send me a message -

[@kevinsequeira6114]

Roger, I have dropped you a message. Looking forward to hearing from you.

[@komalthecoolk]

Well... did it happen? We would all love a clear detailed training on Ansible + Cisco!

[@RogerPerkin]

Hi Komalthecoolk, no I did not produce a course for Packt, I am working on one to launch from my own website, www.rogerperkin.co.uk by the end of the month, if you sign up there, you will be notified when it is ready and also get access to the free lessons as they are produced.

[@RogerPerkin]

There is an updated version of this video here - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWm2l2aojdOWqZI

[@jamesbell2810]

0:57 AHEM, YAML literally stands for "Yaml Ain't Markup Language".

[@RogerPerkin]

I have heard that one and I also heard Yet another Markup Language ?

[@manuelstausberg8923]

stackoverflow.com/questions/6968366/if-yaml-aint-markup-language-what-is-it

[@СергейВаренников-ы9о]

not work:(

[@EyadIsa]

Thumbs up

[@ijeomaijeoma2599]

i cant...bye

[@praveenkumarraju1]

Hi Sir , I would like to contact you on how to install on Ansible and. How to learn. Pl ease help me out as I was passionate to learn Ansible. Any contact details of you

[@ijeomaijeoma2599]

why do you keep smacking your lips??????????????

[@neomatrix3612]

You sound like you're having trouble breathing..

[@carreonccnn]

LoL

[@edgardsoliveira]

Hey dude, are you eating something during the video?? tip for the next video: try to keep your lips normal...it sounds terrible for who is watching. By the way, congratulations for the video.

[@RogerPerkin]

Thanks for the feedback, I need to re-record this video, the audio in my later ones is better!