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# panos_set – Execute arbitrary commands on a PAN-OS device using XPath and element

New in version 2.7.

- DEPRECATED
- Synopsis
- Requirements
- Parameters
- Examples
- Status

## DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible:
| version: 2.12
Why: | Consolidating code base.
Alternative: | Use https://galaxy.ansible.com/PaloAltoNetworks/paloaltonetworks instead.

## Synopsis

- Run an arbitrary ‘xapi’ command taking an XPath (i.e get) or XPath and element (i.e set).
- See https://github.com/kevinsteves/pan-python/blob/master/doc/pan.xapi.rst for details
- Runs a ‘set’ command by default
- This should support _all_ commands that your PAN-OS device accepts vi it’s cli
- cli commands are found as
- Once logged in issue ‘debug cli on’
- Enter configuration mode by issuing ‘configure’
- Enter your set (or other) command, for example ‘set deviceconfig system timezone Australia/Melbourne’
- returns
- “<request cmd=”set” obj=”/config/devices/entry[@name=’localhost.localdomain’]/deviceconfig/system” cookie=XXXX><timezone>Australia/Melbourne</timezone></request>
- The ‘xpath’ is “/config/devices/entry[@name=’localhost.localdomain’]/deviceconfig/system”
- The ‘element’ is “<timezone>Australia/Melbourne</timezone>”

## Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

- pan-python

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
command - | Choices: set ← edit delete get show override | Xapi method name which supports 'xpath' or 'xpath' and 'element'
element - |  | The 'element' for the 'xpath' if required
ip_address string / required |  | IP address or host FQDN of the target PAN-OS NVA
password string / required |  | Password for the given 'username'
username string | Default: "admin" | User name for a user with admin rights on the PAN-OS NVA
xpath - / required |  | The 'xpath' for the commands configurable

## Examples

    - name: Set timezone on PA NVA
      panos_set:
        ip_address: "192.168.1.1"
        username: "my-random-admin"
        password: "admin1234"
        xpath: "/config/devices/entry/deviceconfig/system"
        element: "<timezone>Australia/Melbourne</timezone>"

    - name: Commit configuration
      panos_commit:
        ip_address: "192.168.1.1"
        username: "my-random-admin"
        password: "admin1234"

## Status

- This module will be removed in version 2.12. [deprecated]
- For more information see DEPRECATED.

### Authors

- Jasper Mackenzie (@spmp)

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