cisco.catalystcenter.device_configurations_export module -- Resource module for Device Configurations Export

Note

This module is part of the cisco.catalystcenter collection (version 2.3.1).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.catalystcenter. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.catalystcenter.device_configurations_export.

New in cisco.catalystcenter 3.1.0

Synopsis

• Manage operation create of the resource Device Configurations Export.

• Export Device configuration for every device that is provided will be included in an encrypted zip file.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• catalystcentersdk >= 3.1.6.0.0

• python >= 3.12

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
catalystcenter_debug boolean	Flag for Cisco Catalyst Center SDK to enable debugging. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`false` ← (default) :ansible-option-choices-entry:`true`
catalystcenter_host string / required	The Cisco Catalyst Center hostname.
catalystcenter_password string	The Cisco Catalyst Center password to authenticate.
catalystcenter_port integer	The Cisco Catalyst Center port. Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`
catalystcenter_username string	The Cisco Catalyst Center username to authenticate. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`
catalystcenter_verify boolean	Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false` :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` ← (default)
catalystcenter_version string	Informs the SDK which version of Cisco Catalyst Center to use. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"3.1.6.0"`
deviceId list / elements=string	UUIDs of the devices for which configurations need to be exported.
password string	Password for the zip file to protect exported configurations. Must contain, at minimum 8 characters, one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one number, one special character(-=;,./~!@#$%^&*()_+{}| ?). It may not contain white space or the characters <>.
validate_response_schema boolean	Flag for Cisco Catalyst Center SDK to enable the validation of request bodies against a JSON schema. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false` :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` ← (default)

Notes

Note

• SDK Method used are configuration_archive.ConfigurationArchive.export_device_configurations,

• Paths used are post /dna/intent/api/v1/network-device-archive/cleartext,

• Does not support check_mode

• The plugin runs on the control node and does not use any ansible connection plugins,

• but instead uses the embedded connection manager from Cisco CATALYST SDK

See Also

See also

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Configuration Archive ExportDeviceConfigurations

Complete reference of the ExportDeviceConfigurations API.

Examples

---
- name: Create
  cisco.catalystcenter.device_configurations_export:
    catalystcenter_host: "{{catalystcenter_host}}"
    catalystcenter_username: "{{catalystcenter_username}}"
    catalystcenter_password: "{{catalystcenter_password}}"
    catalystcenter_verify: "{{catalystcenter_verify}}"
    catalystcenter_port: "{{catalystcenter_port}}"
    catalystcenter_version: "{{catalystcenter_version}}"
    catalystcenter_debug: "{{catalystcenter_debug}}"
    deviceId:
      - string
    password: string

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
dnac_response dictionary	A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK Returned: always Sample: :ansible-rv-sample-value:`{"response": {"taskId": "string", "url": "string"}, "version": "string"}`

Authors

• Rafael Campos (@racampos)

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