Backup Dell EMC DNOS 6 Configs with Ansible Playbook — Video Tutorial

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

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How to Backup Config on Dell EMC Networking Operating System DNOS 6 with Ansible?
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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. 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 - \<hostname\>\_config.\<current-date\>@\<current-time\> 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](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_dellos6.html) - [dellemc.os6.os6_config module](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/dellemc/os6/os6_config_module.html) 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 ```ini [dellos6] 192.168.88.3 [dellos6:vars] ansible_user=luca ansible_password=mysecretpassword123 ansible_become=yes ansible_become_method=enable ansible_connection=ansible.netcommon.network_cli ansible_network_os=dellemc.os6.os6 ansible_command_timeout=120 ``` - backup_dellos6.yml ```yaml --- - name: Backup DNOS6 hosts: dellos6 gather_facts: false vars: backup_dir: "/home/luca/network/backup" tasks: - name: Backup dellemc.os6.os6_config: backup: true backup_options: dir_path: "{{ backup_dir }}" ``` - requirements.yml ```yaml --- collections: - name: dellemc.os6 ``` requirements setup ```bash $ ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml Starting galaxy collection install process Process install dependency map Starting collection install process Downloading https://galaxy.ansible.com/download/dellemc-os6-1.0.7.tar.gz to /home/luca/.ansible/tmp/ansible-local-46189694_j598/tmp2rjavc0i/dellemc-os6-1.0.7-1grhtwx1 Installing 'dellemc

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

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