tchiapuziowong
commented
3 years ago Hi @bidetzz - thank you for raising this issue! Yes that appeasrs to be a mistake in the example, for aoscx_upload_config CLI configurations are only available to be uploaded via a TFTP server therefore you need to provide the remote_config_file_tftp_path option instead:
- name: Copy CLI from TFTP Server to Running Config
aoscx_upload_config:
config_name: 'running-config'
remote_config_file_tftp_path: 'tftp://192.168.1.2/ansible/rendered_configs/client.conf'
vrf: 'mgmt'If you'd rather not use a TFTP server, the best option for a CLI config would be to use one our SSH module to configure the switch using the CLI configurations found in the /ansible/rendered_configs/client.conf file, remember when using SSH modules you'll have to set the ansible_connection variable to network_cli. Here's an example playbook:
- hosts: all
gather_facts: False
collections:
- arubanetworks.aoscx
vars:
ansible_connection: network_cli
tasks:
- name: Copy generated config to device via SSH
aoscx_config:
src: "/ansible/rendered_configs/client.conf"Please let me know if that answers your question and I'll be sure to update the documentation to reflect the proper info.
bidetzz
ljb2of3
Hi,
I have a problem when trying to upload a CLI configuration file onto an aoscx switch from local.
In the documentation it says: ref: https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-ansible-collection/blob/master/docs/aoscx_upload_config.md
and the example below:
First of all, in the example, it says " remote_config_file_tftp_path:" instead of "config_file" when uploading from a local file. Is it intended ? I'm trying to recreate this example to upload a cli file from local to the switch, but I'm always getting this error:
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)Which lead me to believe that the file is supposed to be in JSON? My file is in cli format and in the doc it says "will be converted to JSON". I went to check in the aoscx_upload_config.py file and I found at line 123 and 126 that both config_json and config_file is opening the file as a json file:
https://github.com/aruba/aoscx-ansible-collection/blob/e703f381fad350eea5ecd364640a37005a66d48d/plugins/modules/aoscx_upload_config.py#L122-L128
I never found the part where the cli file should be converted to JSON format for the API. If I try to upload the cli file to the switch with a tftp path, it works fine and the cli file gets uploaded onto the switch without problems. But in this case where the file is stored locally (on the ansible machine), it doesn't seem to make the conversion to JSON. Or at least that's what the error is leading me to believe.
The switch I am using is a aruba CX 6300m JL661a.
Here are my ansible configs in case it's needed:
Ansible version:
Ansible variables:
Ansible playbook:
FYI: I also tried with "remote_config_file_tftp_path:" instead of "config_file" but without luck.
To summarize:
I'm trying to upload a CLI config file stored locally on the ansible machine to an aoscx switch using the aoscx_upload_config module. The documentation seems to say that this is something possible.
Thank you,
Antoine