panos_import - import file on PAN-OS devices¶

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
- Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Status
Maintenance
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Import file on PAN-OS device

Requirements ¶

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

pan-python
requests
requests_toolbelt

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
category	Default: software	Category of file uploaded. The default is software. See API > Import section of the API reference for category options.
file		Location of the file to import into device.
ip_address required		IP address (or hostname) of PAN-OS device.
password required		Password for authentication.
url		URL of the file that will be imported to device.
username	Default: admin	Username for authentication.
validate_certs bool (added in 2.6)	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. Disabling certificate validation is not recommended.

Notes ¶

Note

API reference documentation can be read from the /api/ directory of your appliance
Certificate validation is enabled by default as of Ansible 2.6. This may break existing playbooks but should be disabled with caution.

Examples ¶

# import software image PanOS_vm-6.1.1 on 192.168.1.1
- name: import software image into PAN-OS
  panos_import:
    ip_address: 192.168.1.1
    username: admin
    password: admin
    file: /tmp/PanOS_vm-6.1.1
    category: software

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 community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

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

Author ¶

Luigi Mori (@jtschichold), Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer)

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