* address toc-tree-glob-pattern-no-match errors * address Include-file-not-found error * address 2.10 porting guide errors, add warning to page * updates individual plugin type pages * Add ignores. Co-authored-by: Alicia Cozine <acozine@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Matt Clay <matt@mystile.com>
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Netconf Plugins
Warning
Links on this page may not point to the most recent versions of plugins. In preparation for the release of 2.10, many plugins and modules have migrated to Collections on Ansible Galaxy. For the current development status of Collections and FAQ see Ansible Collections Community Guide.
Netconf plugins are abstractions over the Netconf interface to network devices. They provide a standard interface for Ansible to execute tasks on those network devices.
These plugins generally correspond one-to-one to network device
platforms. The appropriate netconf plugin will thus be automatically
loaded based on the ansible_network_os
variable. If the
platform supports standard Netconf implementation as defined in the
Netconf RFC specification the default
netconf plugin will
be used. In case if the platform supports propriety Netconf RPC's in
that case the interface can be defined in platform specific netconf
plugin.
Adding netconf plugins
You can extend Ansible to support other network devices by dropping a
custom plugin into the netconf_plugins
directory.
Using netconf plugins
The netconf plugin to use is determined automatically from the
ansible_network_os
variable. There should be no reason to
override this functionality.
Most netconf plugins can operate without configuration. A few have
additional options that can be set to impact how tasks are translated
into netconf commands. A ncclient device specific handler name can be
set in the netconf plugin or else the value of default
is
used as per ncclient device handler.
Plugins are self-documenting. Each plugin should document its configuration options.
Plugin list
These plugins have migrated to a collection. Updates on where to find and how to use them will be coming soon.
Ansible for Network Automation<network_guide>
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An overview of using Ansible to automate networking devices.
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