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

Note

This module is part of the cisco.catalystcenter collection (version 2.1.4).

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

• This module represents an alias of the module device_configurations_export_v1

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

• catalystcentersdk >= 2.3.7.9

• python >= 3.5

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
_api_port integer	The Cisco CATALYST Center port. Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`
_debug boolean	Flag for Cisco CATALYST Center SDK to enable debugging. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`false` ← (default) :ansible-option-choices-entry:`true`
_host string / required	The Cisco CATALYST Center hostname.
_password string	The Cisco CATALYST Center password to authenticate.
_username aliases: user string	The Cisco CATALYST Center username to authenticate. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`
_verify boolean	Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry:`false` :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`true` ← (default)
_version string	Informs the SDK which version of Cisco CATALYST Center to use. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"2.3.7.6"`
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_v1,

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

• It should be noted that this module is an alias of device_configurations_export_v1

• Does not support check_mode

• The plugin runs on the control node and does not use any ansible connection plugins, but instead the embedded connection manager from Cisco CATALYST SDK

• The parameters starting with catalystCenter_ are used by the Cisco CATALYST Python SDK to establish the connection

See Also

See also

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Configuration Archive ExportDeviceConfigurationsV1

Complete reference of the ExportDeviceConfigurationsV1 API.

Examples

- name: Create
  cisco.catalystcenter.device_configurations_export:
    _host: "{{ _host }}"
    _username: "{{ _username }}"
    _password: "{{ _password }}"
    _verify: "{{ _verify }}"
    _api_port: "{{ _api_port }}"
    _version: "{{ _version }}"
    _debug: "{{ _debug }}"
    deviceId:
      - string
    password: string

Return Values

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

Key	Description
catalystcenter_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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