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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_smu
+version_added: "2.2"
+short_description: Perform SMUs on Cisco NX-OS devices.
+description:
+    - Perform software maintenance upgrades (SMUs) on Cisco NX-OS devices.
+extends_documentation_fragment: nxos
+author: Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)
+notes:
+    - The module can only activate and commit a package,
+      not remove or deactivate it.
+    - Use C(transport=nxapi) to avoid connection timeout
+options:
+    pkg:
+        description:
+            - Name of the remote package.
+        required: true
+    file_system:
+        description:
+            - The remote file system of the device. If omitted,
+              devices that support a file_system parameter will use
+              their default values.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- nxos_smu:
+    pkg: "nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+file_system:
+    description: The remote file system of the device.
+    returned: always
+    type: string
+    sample: "bootflash:"
+pkg:
+    description: Name of the remote package
+    type: string
+    returned: always
+    sample: "nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm"
+updates:
+    description: commands sent to the device
+    returned: always
+    type: list
+    sample: ["install add bootflash:nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm",
+            "install activate bootflash:nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm force",
+            "install commit bootflash:nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm"]
+changed:
+    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''
+
+import time
+import json
+import collections
+
+# 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_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, output=command_type)
+                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':
+        cmds = [command]
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module)
+    elif module.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
+        cmds = [command]
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=command_type)
+
+    return body
+
+
+def remote_file_exists(module, dst, file_system='bootflash:'):
+    command = 'dir {0}/{1}'.format(file_system, dst)
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show_ascii')
+    if 'No such file' in body[0]:
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+def execute_config_command(commands, module):
+    try:
+        response = module.configure(commands)
+    except ShellError:
+        clie = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                         error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+    return response
+
+
+def apply_patch(module, commands):
+    for command in commands:
+        response = execute_config_command([command], module)
+        time.sleep(5)
+        if 'failed' in response:
+            module.fail_json(msg="Operation failed!", response=response)
+
+
+def get_commands(module, pkg, file_system):
+    commands = []
+    splitted_pkg = pkg.split('.')
+    fixed_pkg = '.'.join(splitted_pkg[0:-1])
+
+    command = 'show install inactive'
+    inactive_body = execute_show_command(command, module,
+                                                command_type='cli_show_ascii')
+    command = 'show install active'
+    active_body = execute_show_command(command, module,
+                                                command_type='cli_show_ascii')
+
+    if fixed_pkg not in inactive_body[0] and fixed_pkg not in active_body[0]:
+        commands.append('install add {0}{1}'.format(file_system, pkg))
+
+    if fixed_pkg not in active_body[0]:
+        commands.append('install activate {0}{1} force'.format(
+                                                            file_system, pkg))
+    command = 'show install committed'
+    install_body = execute_show_command(command, module,
+                                                command_type='cli_show_ascii')
+    if fixed_pkg not in install_body[0]:
+        commands.append('install commit {0}{1}'.format(file_system, pkg))
+
+    return commands
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+            pkg=dict(required=True),
+            file_system=dict(required=False, default='bootflash:'),
+            include_defaults=dict(default=False),
+            config=dict(),
+            save=dict(type='bool', default=False)
+    )
+    module = get_network_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                                supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    pkg = module.params['pkg']
+    file_system = module.params['file_system']
+    changed = False
+    remote_exists = remote_file_exists(module, pkg, file_system=file_system)
+
+    if not remote_exists:
+        module.fail_json(msg="The requested package does't exist "
+                             "on the device")
+
+    commands = get_commands(module, pkg, file_system)
+    if not module.check_mode and commands:
+        try:
+            apply_patch(module, commands)
+            changed=True
+        except ShellError:
+            e = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
+
+    module.exit_json(changed=changed,
+                     pkg=pkg,
+                     file_system=file_system,
+                     updates=commands)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()