Ciao,
is there a simple way to backup config using Ansible ?
Thanks
Not yet, this is still a pending feature request for the Ansible role:
https://github.com/PaloAltoNetworks/ansible-pan/issues/90
I'd recommend commenting or thumbs-up'ing the original issue opener, so that Palo Alto Networks has a way to see how many users want a particular issue / feature request.
A bit late on the topic but I created a playbook sometime ago to perform backups of PAN FWs
https://github.com/wpacket/pan-ansible/blob/master/pan_config_pull.yml
Had to reuse it today and I can confirm it still works ( Python3 + Ansible 2.9.7 )
I also put a playbook to push local configs to devices from the same inventory but I guess you already have that
https://github.com/wpacket/pan-ansible/blob/master/pan_config_push.yml
Regards
Is there any reason to use this insted of the built in backup function with scp?
Hi @sylvaing
I'm also using Ansible 2.9.7
However the play fails at the "Extract API Key from XML Output" task with error "fatal: [x.x.x.x]: FAILED! => {"msg": "The task includes an option with an undefined variable. The error was: 'dict object' has no attribute 'content'\n\n"
No changes done on the playbook besides referencing my host group
Thank you
John.
Upgrading to python 3 doesn't help as well
Hi @hbalzac
If you only manage PAN firewalls , no.
However if you are dealing with a multivendor setup , using ansible as a central point of automation ( backup , config , ops ) can simplify your life.
Hi @jmolefe
Interresting , this might be related to the format of the API KEY response from the firewall. I ve been dealing with 8.1 and 9.0 atm when creating this playbook mostly. What version are you running on your firewall ?
Sylvain
Hi @sylvaing
Firewalls run 8.1 and Panorama is on 9.0 and both fail. Please see format of API response below
Hi @jmolefe
Can you -vvv you ansible-playbook command and show me the output of the Generate API Key task ?
I bet it is not formated as mine and that must be the reason why the API key cannot be extracted. Or maybe one ansible module is missing.
Let s figure that out,
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