* 'before' and 'after' are now only applied to 'lines'
* remove update argument
* update doc strings
* add path argument when performing config difference
When the configuration is compared and the results deserialized, the
dumps() function returns a string. This cohereces the return to a list
in case before and/or after needs to be applied
fixes 4707
IOS devices only support a single command output which is structured
text. This removes the ability to specify the command output format
when providing complex arguments to the commands
The CommandRunner will not allow duplicate commands to be added to the
command stack. This fix will now catch the exception and continue if
a duplicate command is attempting to be added to the runner instance.
* commands argument now accepts a dict arguments[1]
* waitfor has been renamed to wait_for with an alias to waitfor
* only show commands are allowd when check mode is specified
* config mode is no longer allowed in the command stack
* add argument match with valid values any, all
[1] The commands argument will now accept a dict argument that can
specifiy the output format of the command. To specify a dict argument
use the form of { command: <str>, output: <str>, prompt: <str>,
response: <str> }. Command and output are required arguments. Output
accepts valid values text and json.
* merge changes from ios shared module functions into ios_config.
* add src argument to provide path to config file
* add new choice to match used to ignore current running config
* add update argument with choices merge or check
* add backup argument to backup current running config to control host
* add defaults argument to control collection of config with or withoutdefaults
* add save argument to save current running config to startup config
* add state argument to control state of config file
* deprecated force argument, use match=none instead
The module would raise a KeyError trying to find the save_config key
which is not present in the argument_spec. This was caused by the
check_args() function. Since the ios shared argument spec isn't used
the check_args function is not needed and has been removed.
This removes the get_module() factory function and directly creates
an instance of NetworkModule. This commit includes some minor clean
up to transition to the ios shared module for 2.2
* using check mode will now block all commands except show commands
* module will no longer allow config mode commands
* check args for unused values and issue warning
This refactors the ios_config module to use the network module added
in 2.2 to simplify common network functions
new features
* add src, dest arguments for working with config
* results now return flag if the config was saved or not
* adds append argument for updating the dest file (when dest is used)
This commit address a bug in the ios_config module when using the
match: strict argument. When the argument is used, the module will
compare the configuration block same as match: exact which is not the
intended behavior. This commit updates the behavior to propertly handle
the strict argument.
