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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+
+module: nxos_ntp_auth
+version_added: "2.2"
+short_description: Manages NTP authentication.
+description:
+    - Manages NTP authentication.
+extends_documentation_fragment: nxos
+author:
+    - Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
+notes:
+    - If C(state=absent), the moudle will attempt to remove the given key configuration.
+      If a matching key configuration isn't found on the device, the module will fail.
+    - If C(state=absent) and C(authentication=on), authentication will be turned off.
+    - If C(state=absent) and C(authentication=off), authentication will be turned on.
+options:
+    key_id:
+        description:
+            - Authentication key identifier (numeric).
+        required: true
+    md5string:
+        description:
+            - MD5 String.
+        required: true
+        default: null
+    auth_type:
+        description:
+            - Whether the given md5string is in cleartext or
+              has been encrypted. If in cleartext, the device
+              will encrypt it before storing it.
+        required: false
+        default: text
+        choices: ['text', 'encrypt']
+    trusted_key:
+        description:
+            - Whether the given key is required to be supplied by a time source
+              for the device to synchronize to the time source.
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        choices: ['true', 'false']
+    authentication:
+        description:
+            - Turns NTP authenication on or off.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices: ['on', 'off']
+    state:
+        description:
+            - Manage the state of the resource.
+        required: false
+        default: present
+        choices: ['present','absent']
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Basic NTP authentication configuration
+- nxos_ntp_auth:
+    key_id=32
+    md5string=hello
+    auth_type=text
+    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
+    username={{ un }}
+    password={{ pwd }}
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+proposed:
+    description: k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
+    returned: always
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"auth_type": "text", "authentication": "off",
+            "key_id": "32", "md5string": "helloWorld",
+            "trusted_key": "true"}
+existing:
+    description:
+        - k/v pairs of existing ntp authentication
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"authentication": "off", "trusted_key": "false"}
+end_state:
+    description: k/v pairs of ntp autherntication after module execution
+    returned: always
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"authentication": "off", "key_id": "32",
+            "md5string": "kapqgWjwdg", "trusted_key": "true"}
+state:
+    description: state as sent in from the playbook
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: "present"
+updates:
+    description: command sent to the device
+    returned: always
+    type: list
+    sample: ["ntp authentication-key 32 md5 helloWorld 0", "ntp trusted-key 32"]
+changed:
+    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''
+
+
+import json
+
+# COMMON CODE FOR MIGRATION
+import re
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_exception
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig, ConfigLine
+from ansible.module_utils.shell import ShellError
+
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.nxos import get_module
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.nxos import NetworkModule
+
+
+def to_list(val):
+     if isinstance(val, (list, tuple)):
+         return list(val)
+     elif val is not None:
+         return [val]
+     else:
+         return list()
+
+
+class CustomNetworkConfig(NetworkConfig):
+
+    def expand_section(self, configobj, S=None):
+        if S is None:
+            S = list()
+        S.append(configobj)
+        for child in configobj.children:
+            if child in S:
+                continue
+            self.expand_section(child, S)
+        return S
+
+    def get_object(self, path):
+        for item in self.items:
+            if item.text == path[-1]:
+                parents = [p.text for p in item.parents]
+                if parents == path[:-1]:
+                    return item
+
+    def to_block(self, section):
+        return '\n'.join([item.raw for item in section])
+
+    def get_section(self, path):
+        try:
+            section = self.get_section_objects(path)
+            return self.to_block(section)
+        except ValueError:
+            return list()
+
+    def get_section_objects(self, path):
+        if not isinstance(path, list):
+            path = [path]
+        obj = self.get_object(path)
+        if not obj:
+            raise ValueError('path does not exist in config')
+        return self.expand_section(obj)
+
+
+    def add(self, lines, parents=None):
+        """Adds one or lines of configuration
+        """
+
+        ancestors = list()
+        offset = 0
+        obj = None
+
+        ## global config command
+        if not parents:
+            for line in to_list(lines):
+                item = ConfigLine(line)
+                item.raw = line
+                if item not in self.items:
+                    self.items.append(item)
+
+        else:
+            for index, p in enumerate(parents):
+                try:
+                    i = index + 1
+                    obj = self.get_section_objects(parents[:i])[0]
+                    ancestors.append(obj)
+
+                except ValueError:
+                    # add parent to config
+                    offset = index * self.indent
+                    obj = ConfigLine(p)
+                    obj.raw = p.rjust(len(p) + offset)
+                    if ancestors:
+                        obj.parents = list(ancestors)
+                        ancestors[-1].children.append(obj)
+                    self.items.append(obj)
+                    ancestors.append(obj)
+
+            # add child objects
+            for line in to_list(lines):
+                # check if child already exists
+                for child in ancestors[-1].children:
+                    if child.text == line:
+                        break
+                else:
+                    offset = len(parents) * self.indent
+                    item = ConfigLine(line)
+                    item.raw = line.rjust(len(line) + offset)
+                    item.parents = ancestors
+                    ancestors[-1].children.append(item)
+                    self.items.append(item)
+
+
+def get_network_module(**kwargs):
+    try:
+        return get_module(**kwargs)
+    except NameError:
+        return NetworkModule(**kwargs)
+
+def get_config(module, include_defaults=False):
+    config = module.params['config']
+    if not config:
+        try:
+            config = module.get_config()
+        except AttributeError:
+            defaults = module.params['include_defaults']
+            config = module.config.get_config(include_defaults=defaults)
+    return CustomNetworkConfig(indent=2, contents=config)
+
+def load_config(module, candidate):
+    config = get_config(module)
+
+    commands = candidate.difference(config)
+    commands = [str(c).strip() for c in commands]
+
+    save_config = module.params['save']
+
+    result = dict(changed=False)
+
+    if commands:
+        if not module.check_mode:
+            try:
+                module.configure(commands)
+            except AttributeError:
+                module.config(commands)
+
+            if save_config:
+                try:
+                    module.config.save_config()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    module.execute(['copy running-config startup-config'])
+
+        result['changed'] = True
+        result['updates'] = commands
+
+    return result
+# END OF COMMON CODE
+
+
+def execute_config_command(commands, module):
+    try:
+        module.configure(commands)
+    except ShellError:
+        clie = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                         error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            commands.insert(0, 'configure')
+            module.cli.add_commands(commands, output='config')
+            module.cli.run_commands()
+        except ShellError:
+            clie = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                             error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+
+
+def get_cli_body_ssh(command, response, module):
+    """Get response for when transport=cli.  This is kind of a hack and mainly
+    needed because these modules were originally written for NX-API.  And
+    not every command supports "| json" when using cli/ssh.  As such, we assume
+    if | json returns an XML string, it is a valid command, but that the
+    resource doesn't exist yet. Instead, the output will be a raw string
+    when issuing commands containing 'show run'.
+    """
+    if 'xml' in response[0]:
+        body = []
+    elif 'show run' in command:
+        body = response
+    else:
+        try:
+            if isinstance(response[0], str):
+                body = [json.loads(response[0])]
+            else:
+                body = response
+        except ValueError:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Command does not support JSON output',
+                             command=command)
+    return body
+
+
+def execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=None):
+    command_type_map = {
+        'cli_show': 'json',
+        'cli_show_ascii': 'text'
+    }
+
+    try:
+        if command_type:
+            response = module.execute(cmds, command_type=command_type)
+        else:
+            response = module.execute(cmds)
+    except ShellError:
+        clie = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending {0}'.format(cmds),
+                         error=str(clie))
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            if command_type:
+                command_type = command_type_map.get(command_type)
+                module.cli.add_commands(cmds, output=command_type)
+                response = module.cli.run_commands()
+            else:
+                module.cli.add_commands(cmds)
+                response = module.cli.run_commands()
+        except ShellError:
+            clie = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error sending {0}'.format(cmds),
+                             error=str(clie))
+    return response
+
+
+def execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show'):
+    if module.params['transport'] == 'cli':
+        if 'show run' not in command:
+            command += ' | json'
+        cmds = [command]
+        response = execute_show(cmds, module)
+        body = get_cli_body_ssh(command, response, module)
+    elif module.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
+        cmds = [command]
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=command_type)
+
+    return body
+
+
+def flatten_list(command_lists):
+    flat_command_list = []
+    for command in command_lists:
+        if isinstance(command, list):
+            flat_command_list.extend(command)
+        else:
+            flat_command_list.append(command)
+    return flat_command_list
+
+
+def get_ntp_auth(module):
+    command = 'show ntp authentication-status'
+
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)[0]
+    ntp_auth_str = body['authentication']
+
+    if 'enabled' in ntp_auth_str:
+        ntp_auth = True
+    else:
+        ntp_auth = False
+
+    return ntp_auth
+
+
+def get_ntp_trusted_key(module):
+    trusted_key_list = []
+    command = 'show run | inc ntp.trusted-key'
+
+    trusted_key_str = execute_show_command(
+                command, module, command_type='cli_show_ascii')[0]
+    if trusted_key_str:
+        trusted_keys = trusted_key_str.splitlines()
+
+    else:
+        trusted_keys = []
+
+    for line in trusted_keys:
+        if line:
+            trusted_key_list.append(str(line.split()[2]))
+
+    return trusted_key_list
+
+
+def get_ntp_auth_key(key_id, module):
+    authentication_key = {}
+    command = 'show run | inc ntp.authentication-key.{0}'.format(key_id)
+    auth_regex = (".*ntp\sauthentication-key\s(?P<key_id>\d+)\s"
+                  "md5\s(?P<md5string>\S+).*")
+
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show_ascii')
+
+    try:
+        match_authentication = re.match(auth_regex, body[0], re.DOTALL)
+        group_authentication = match_authentication.groupdict()
+        key_id = group_authentication["key_id"]
+        md5string = group_authentication['md5string']
+        authentication_key['key_id'] = key_id
+        authentication_key['md5string'] = md5string
+    except (AttributeError, TypeError):
+        authentication_key = {}
+
+    return authentication_key
+
+
+def get_ntp_auth_info(key_id, module):
+    auth_info = get_ntp_auth_key(key_id, module)
+    trusted_key_list = get_ntp_trusted_key(module)
+    auth_power = get_ntp_auth(module)
+
+    if key_id in trusted_key_list:
+        auth_info['trusted_key'] = 'true'
+    else:
+        auth_info['trusted_key'] = 'false'
+
+    if auth_power:
+        auth_info['authentication'] = 'on'
+    else:
+        auth_info['authentication'] = 'off'
+
+    return auth_info
+
+
+def auth_type_to_num(auth_type):
+    if auth_type == 'encrypt' :
+        return '7'
+    else:
+        return '0'
+
+
+def set_ntp_auth_key(key_id, md5string, auth_type, trusted_key, authentication):
+    ntp_auth_cmds = []
+    auth_type_num = auth_type_to_num(auth_type)
+    ntp_auth_cmds.append(
+        'ntp authentication-key {0} md5 {1} {2}'.format(
+            key_id, md5string, auth_type_num))
+
+    if trusted_key == 'true':
+        ntp_auth_cmds.append(
+            'ntp trusted-key {0}'.format(key_id))
+    elif trusted_key == 'false':
+        ntp_auth_cmds.append(
+            'no ntp trusted-key {0}'.format(key_id))
+
+    if authentication == 'on':
+        ntp_auth_cmds.append(
+            'ntp authenticate')
+    elif authentication == 'off':
+        ntp_auth_cmds.append(
+            'no ntp authenticate')
+
+    return ntp_auth_cmds
+
+
+def remove_ntp_auth_key(key_id, md5string, auth_type, trusted_key, authentication):
+    auth_remove_cmds = []
+    auth_type_num = auth_type_to_num(auth_type)
+    auth_remove_cmds.append(
+        'no ntp authentication-key {0} md5 {1} {2}'.format(
+            key_id, md5string, auth_type_num))
+
+    if authentication == 'on':
+        auth_remove_cmds.append(
+            'no ntp authenticate')
+    elif authentication == 'off':
+        auth_remove_cmds.append(
+            'ntp authenticate')
+
+    return auth_remove_cmds
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+            key_id=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            md5string=dict(required=True, type='str'),
+            auth_type=dict(choices=['text', 'encrypt'], default='text'),
+            trusted_key=dict(choices=['true', 'false'], default='false'),
+            authentication=dict(choices=['on', 'off']),
+            state=dict(choices=['absent', 'present'], default='present'),
+    )
+    module = get_network_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                                supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    key_id = module.params['key_id']
+    md5string = module.params['md5string']
+    auth_type = module.params['auth_type']
+    trusted_key = module.params['trusted_key']
+    authentication = module.params['authentication']
+    state = module.params['state']
+
+    args = dict(key_id=key_id, md5string=md5string,
+                auth_type=auth_type, trusted_key=trusted_key,
+                authentication=authentication)
+
+    changed = False
+    proposed = dict((k, v) for k, v in args.iteritems() if v is not None)
+
+    existing = get_ntp_auth_info(key_id, module)
+    end_state = existing
+
+    delta = dict(set(proposed.iteritems()).difference(existing.iteritems()))
+
+    commands = []
+    if state == 'present':
+        if delta:
+            command = set_ntp_auth_key(
+                key_id, md5string, auth_type, trusted_key, delta.get('authentication'))
+            if command:
+                commands.append(command)
+    elif state == 'absent':
+        if existing:
+            auth_toggle = None
+            if authentication == existing.get('authentication'):
+                auth_toggle = authentication
+            command = remove_ntp_auth_key(
+                key_id, md5string, auth_type, trusted_key, auth_toggle)
+            if command:
+                commands.append(command)
+
+    cmds = flatten_list(commands)
+    if cmds:
+        if module.check_mode:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, commands=cmds)
+        else:
+            try:
+                execute_config_command(cmds, module)
+            except ShellError:
+                clie = get_exception()
+                module.fail_json(msg=str(clie) + ": " + cmds)
+            end_state = get_ntp_auth_info(key_id, module)
+            delta = dict(set(end_state.iteritems()).difference(existing.iteritems()))
+            if delta or (len(existing) != len(end_state)):
+                changed = True
+
+    results = {}
+    results['proposed'] = proposed
+    results['existing'] = existing
+    results['updates'] = cmds
+    results['changed'] = changed
+    results['end_state'] = end_state
+
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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