AnsiblePilot — Master Ansible Automation

AnsiblePilot is the leading resource for learning Ansible automation, DevOps, and infrastructure as code. Browse over 1,400 tutorials covering Ansible modules, playbooks, roles, collections, and real-world examples. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced engineer, our step-by-step guides help you automate Linux, Windows, cloud, containers, and network infrastructure.

Popular Topics

About Luca Berton

Luca Berton is an Ansible automation expert, author of 8 Ansible books published by Apress and Leanpub including "Ansible for VMware by Examples" and "Ansible for Kubernetes by Example", and creator of the Ansible Pilot YouTube channel. He shares practical automation knowledge through tutorials, books, and video courses to help IT professionals and DevOps engineers master infrastructure automation.

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.

Watch Video

Watch "Backup Dell EMC DNOS 6 Configs with Ansible Playbook" on YouTube

What You'll Learn

Full Tutorial Content

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](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/dell

About This Tutorial

Read the full written article: Backup Dell EMC DNOS 6 Configs with Ansible Playbook

Topics Covered

Related Video Tutorials