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# aireos_config – Manage Cisco WLC configurations

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- AireOS does not use a block indent file syntax, so there are no sections or parents. This module provides an implementation for working with AireOS configurations in a deterministic way.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
after - |  | The ordered set of commands to append to the end of the command stack if a change needs to be made. Just like with before this allows the playbook designer to append a set of commands to be executed after the command set.
backup boolean | Choices: no ← yes | This argument will cause the module to create a full backup of the current `running-config` from the remote device before any changes are made. If the `backup_options` value is not given, the backup file is written to the `backup` folder in the playbook root directory. If the directory does not exist, it is created.
backup_options dictionary added in 2.8 |  | This is a dict object containing configurable options related to backup file path. The value of this option is read only when `backup` is set to yes, if `backup` is set to no this option will be silently ignored.
| dir_path path |  | This option provides the path ending with directory name in which the backup configuration file will be stored. If the directory does not exist it will be first created and the filename is either the value of `filename` or default filename as described in `filename` options description. If the path value is not given in that case a backup directory will be created in the current working directory and backup configuration will be copied in `filename` within backup directory.
| filename - |  | The filename to be used to store the backup configuration. If the the filename is not given it will be generated based on the hostname, current time and date in format defined by <hostname>_config.<current-date>@<current-time>
before - |  | The ordered set of commands to push on to the command stack if a change needs to be made. This allows the playbook designer the opportunity to perform configuration commands prior to pushing any changes without affecting how the set of commands are matched against the system.
diff_against - | Choices: intended running | When using the `ansible-playbook --diff` command line argument the module can generate diffs against different sources. When this option is configured as intended, the module will return the diff of the running-config against the configuration provided in the `intended_config` argument. When this option is configured as running, the module will return the before and after diff of the running-config with respect to any changes made to the device configuration.
diff_ignore_lines - |  | Use this argument to specify one or more lines that should be ignored during the diff. This is used for lines in the configuration that are automatically updated by the system. This argument takes a list of regular expressions or exact line matches.
intended_config - |  | The `intended_config` provides the master configuration that the node should conform to and is used to check the final running-config against. This argument will not modify any settings on the remote device and is strictly used to check the compliance of the current device's configuration against. When specifying this argument, the task should also modify the `diff_against` value and set it to intended.
lines - |  | The ordered set of commands that should be configured. The commands must be the exact same commands as found in the device run-config. Be sure to note the configuration command syntax as some commands are automatically modified by the device config parser. aliases: commands
match - | Choices: line ← none | Instructs the module on the way to perform the matching of the set of commands against the current device config. If match is set to line, commands are matched line by line. If match is set to none, the module will not attempt to compare the source configuration with the running configuration on the remote device.
provider - |  | A dict object containing connection details.
| host string / required |  | Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
| password string |  | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: 22 | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
| ssh_keyfile path |  | Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
| timeout integer | Default: 10 | Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
running_config - |  | The module, by default, will connect to the remote device and retrieve the current running-config to use as a base for comparing against the contents of source. There are times when it is not desirable to have the task get the current running-config for every task in a playbook. The running_config argument allows the implementer to pass in the configuration to use as the base config for comparison. aliases: config
save boolean | Choices: no ← yes | The `save` argument instructs the module to save the running-config to startup-config. This operation is performed after any changes are made to the current running config. If no changes are made, the configuration is still saved to the startup config. This option will always cause the module to return changed. This argument is mutually exclusive with save_when. This option is deprecated as of Ansible 2.7, use `save_when`
save_when - added in 2.7 | Choices: always never ← changed | When changes are made to the device running-configuration, the changes are not copied to non-volatile storage by default. Using this argument will change that. If the argument is set to always, then the running-config will always be copied to the startup-config and the module will always return as changed. If the argument is set to never, the running-config will never be copied to the startup-config. If the argument is set to changed, then the running-config will only be copied to the startup-config if the task has made a change.
src - |  | Specifies the source path to the file that contains the configuration or configuration template to load. The path to the source file can either be the full path on the Ansible control host or a relative path from the playbook or role root directory. This argument is mutually exclusive with lines.

## Examples

    - name: configure configuration
      aireos_config:
        lines: sysname testDevice

    - name: diff the running-config against a provided config
      aireos_config:
        diff_against: intended
        intended: "{{ lookup('file', 'master.cfg') }}"

    - name: load new acl into device
      aireos_config:
        lines:
          - acl create testACL
          - acl rule protocol testACL 1 any
          - acl rule direction testACL 3 in
        before: acl delete testACL

    - name: configurable backup path
      aireos_config:
        backup: yes
        lines: sysname testDevice
        backup_options:
          filename: backup.cfg
          dir_path: /home/user

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
backup_path string | when backup is yes | The full path to the backup file Sample: /playbooks/ansible/backup/aireos_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34
commands list | always | The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device Sample: ['hostname foo', 'vlan 1', 'name default']
updates list | always | The set of commands that will be pushed to the remote device Sample: ['hostname foo', 'vlan 1', 'name default']

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

### Authors

- James Mighion (@jmighion)

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