Automate Dell EMC DNOS 10 Backups with Ansible Playbook — Video Tutorial

Learn to automate the backup of Dell EMC DNOS 10 configurations with Ansible. This guide includes a practical Playbook example and setup instructions for seamless backups.

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How to Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 10 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 10 > `dellemc.os10.os10_config`: Manage Dell EMC OS10 configuration sections Let's talk about the Ansible module `os10_config`. The full name is `dellemc.os10.os10_config`, which means that is part of the collection `dellemc.os10` specialized in the module to interact with Ansible Network Collection for Dell EMC OS10. This collection requires ansible-core version 2.10+. It manages Dell EMC OS10 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 `os10_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 OS10 Platform Options](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_dellos10.html) - [dellemc.os10.os10_config](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/6/collections/dellemc/os10/os10_config_module.html) - [os10_config backup option not working #113](https://github.com/ansible-collections/dellemc.os10/issues/113) Demo How to Backup Config on Dell Networking Operating System 10 with Ansible Playbook. I'm going to show how to back up the current configuration of a Dell Networking Operating System 10 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 ```ini [dellos10] 192.168.88.4 [dellos10:vars] ansible_user=luca ansible_password=mysecretpassword123 ansible_become=yes ansible_become_method=enable ansible_connection=ansible.netcommon.network_cli ansible_network_os=dellemc.os10.os10 ansible_command_timeout=120 ``` - backup_dellos10.yml ```yaml --- - name: Backup DNOS10 hosts: dellos10 gather_facts: false vars: backup_dir: "/home/luca/network/backup" collections: - dellemc.os10 tasks: - name: Backup os10_config: backup: true backup_options: dir_path: "{{ backup_dir }}" ``` - requirements.yml ```yaml --- collections: - name: dellemc.os10 ``` requirements setup ```bash $ ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml Starting g

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Author: Luca Berton
Difficulty: Beginner
Read time: 4 min
Category: installation

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