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Cliconf Plugins
Cliconf plugins are abstractions over the CLI 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. Ansible loads the appropriate cliconf plugin automatically
based on the ansible_network_os variable.
Adding cliconf plugins
You can extend Ansible to support other network devices by dropping a
custom plugin into the cliconf_plugins directory.
Using cliconf plugins
The cliconf plugin to use is determined automatically from the
ansible_network_os variable. There should be no reason to
override this functionality.
Most cliconf plugins can operate without configuration. A few have additional options that can be set to affect how tasks are translated into CLI commands.
Plugins are self-documenting. Each plugin should document its configuration options.
Viewing cliconf plugins
These plugins have migrated to collections on Ansible Galaxy. If you installed
Ansible version 2.10 or later using pip, you have access to
several cliconf plugins. To list all available cliconf plugins on your
control node, type ansible-doc -t cliconf -l. To view
plugin-specific documentation and examples, use
ansible-doc -t cliconf.
Ansible for Network Automation<network_guide>-
An overview of using Ansible to automate networking devices.
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