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Backup Dell EMC DNOS 6 Configs with Ansible Playbook

By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation

Discover how to automate Dell EMC DNOS 6 configuration backups with Ansible. This guide includes a Playbook example and setup instructions for efficient backups.

How to Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 6 with Ansible? Maintaining a backup copy of your network appliance configuration is a good practice for all IT professionals. You could automate this process for Dell EMC network appliances using Ansible. I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot.

Ansible Backup Config on DNOS 6 • dellemc.os6.os6_config • Manage Dell EMC OS6 configuration sections

Let's talk about the Ansible module os6_config. The full name is dellemc.os6.os6_config, which means that is part of the collection dellemc.os6 specialized in the module to interact with Ansible Network Collection for Dell EMC OS6. This collection requires ansible-core version 2.10+. It manages Dell EMC OS6 configuration sections.

Parameters • backup boolean - no/yes • backup_options dictionary - configurable options related to a backup file path • dir_path path - If the directory does not exist it will be first created • filename string - \\_config.\@\

Let me summarize the parameter of os6_config module for the backup use-case. The backup boolean enables the backup mode of the configuration. Once enabled you could specify some backup_options. I suggest you specify the dir_path, the directory where to save backups, and the filename if you have a specific one. Otherwise, Ansible is going to create a file with the current timestamp.

Links • Dell OS6 Platform Options • dellemc.os6.os6_config module

Demo

How to Backup Config on Dell Networking Operating System 6 with Ansible Playbook. I'm going to show how to back up the current configuration of a Dell Networking Operating System 6 connecting via SSH protocol using username and password credentials with Enable Mode (Privilege Escalation) and save it to a file with the device name and timestamp.

code • inventory • backup_dellos6.yml • requirements.yml

requirements setup

first run

Firstly you need to save the SSH fingerprint of the network device on your system. You could execute an SSH connection, reply yes when asked to save the fingerprint, and terminate (CTRL+C).

execution

before execution

after execution

code with ❤️ in GitHub

Conclusion Now you know how to Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 6 with Ansible.

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