netscaler_save_config – Save Netscaler configuration

New in version 2.4.0.

Synopsis

• This module unconditionally saves the configuration on the target netscaler node.
• This module does not support check mode.
• This module is intended to run either on the ansible control node or a bastion (jumpserver) with access to the actual netscaler instance.

Requirements

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

• nitro python sdk

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
nitro_pass - / required		The password with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
nitro_protocol -	Choices: http ← https	Which protocol to use when accessing the nitro API objects.
nitro_timeout -	Default: 310	Time in seconds until a timeout error is thrown when establishing a new session with Netscaler.
nitro_user - / required		The username with which to authenticate to the netscaler node.
nsip - / required		The ip address of the netscaler appliance where the nitro API calls will be made. The port can be specified with the colon (:). E.g. 192.168.1.1:555.
validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Examples

---
- name: Save netscaler configuration
  delegate_to: localhost
  netscaler_save_config:
    nsip: 172.18.0.2
    nitro_user: nsroot
    nitro_pass: nsroot

- name: Setup server without saving  configuration
  delegate_to: localhost
  notify: Save configuration
  netscaler_server:
    nsip: 172.18.0.2
    nitro_user: nsroot
    nitro_pass: nsroot

    save_config: no

    name: server-1
    ipaddress: 192.168.1.1

# Under playbook's handlers

- name: Save configuration
  delegate_to: localhost
  netscaler_save_config:
    nsip: 172.18.0.2
    nitro_user: nsroot
    nitro_pass: nsroot

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
loglines list	always	list of logged messages by the module Sample: ['message 1', 'message 2']
msg string	failure	Message detailing the failure reason Sample: Action does not exist

Status

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

Authors

• George Nikolopoulos (@giorgos-nikolopoulos)

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