junos_netconf - Configures the Junos Netconf system service¶

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module provides an abstraction that enables and configures the netconf system service running on Junos devices. This module can be used to easily enable the Netconf API. Netconf provides a programmatic interface for working with configuration and state resources as defined in RFC 6242. If the netconf_port is not mentioned in the task by default netconf will be enabled on port 830 only.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
netconf_port (added in 2.2)		Default: 830	This argument specifies the port the netconf service should listen on for SSH connections. The default port as defined in RFC 6242 is 830. aliases: listens_on
provider			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` or `connection: netconf`. For more information please see the Junos OS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
	username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	host required		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
	ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	timeout	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for `transport=cli`) or port 830 (for `transport=netconf`) device.
state		Choices: present ← absent	Specifies the state of the `junos_netconf` resource on the remote device. If the state argument is set to present the netconf service will be configured. If the state argument is set to absent the netconf service will be removed from the configuration.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against vSRX JUNOS version 15.1X49-D15.4, vqfx-10000 JUNOS Version 15.1X53-D60.4.
Recommended connection is network_cli. See the Junos OS Platform Options.
This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.
If netconf_port value is not mentioned in task by default it will be enabled on port 830 only. Although netconf_port value can be from 1 through 65535, avoid configuring access on a port that is normally assigned for another service. This practice avoids potential resource conflicts.
For information on using CLI and netconf see the Junos OS Platform Options guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Juniper network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-juniper.

Examples ¶

- name: enable netconf service on port 830
  junos_netconf:
    listens_on: 830
    state: present

- name: disable netconf service
  junos_netconf:
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
commands str	when changed is True	Returns the command sent to the remote device Sample: set system services netconf ssh port 830

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Network Team, see here.

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Peter Sprygada (@privateip)

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