Backup Dell EMC DNOS 6 Configs with Ansible Playbook

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 - \<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.

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

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