Capture Detailed Network Information using Ansible

The attached playbook acts as a single command for collecting detailed network information. When executed it collects the following command from the mentioned Network Oses

Network OS	Command
Cisco Nexus OS	show tech
Cisco IOS	show tech
Arista EOS	show tech
JunOS	request support information

This playbook does not require an Ansible inventory and captures the detailed network information from only a single device.

Works with Ansible 2.5 and higher

Supported Remote File servers

• TFTP
• FTP (WIP)
• SCP (WIP)

User Input (Extra Variables)

• swname: switch hostname or IP
• user: user to log into network device
• passwd: password to log into the network device
• ostype: can be either 'nxos', 'eos', 'junos' or 'ios'
• file_storage: currently only set to tftp

File Storage Types

TFTP

User Input (Extra Variables)

• tftpserver: TFTP server hostname and IP

Output Filename

showtech_{{ swname }}_{{ timestamp}}.txt

Example:

showtech_sw01_2018-02-14T03:30:49Z.txt

Example Playbook Execution

This repository provides 4 example user input variable files.

NOTE: these examples change the show_tech_command variable to capture simple command for demo purposes. By default the show tech command is properly configured per the OS type.

Example 1: NxOS using a file with user input variables

ansible-playbook capture-showtech.yml -e @tests/test_nxos_vars.yml

Example2: IOS example using -e options

ansible-playbook capture-showtech.yml -e ostype=ios -e swname=sw01 -e user=admin -e passwd=cisco -e tftpserver=10.200.1.1 -e file_storage=tftp

License

MIT