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.. _ansible.netcommon.cli_backup_module:
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ansible.netcommon.cli_backup
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**Back up device configuration from network devices over network_cli**
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Version added: 4.2.0
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.. contents::
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:local:
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:depth: 1
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Synopsis
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- This module provides platform agnostic way of backing up text based configuration from network devices over network_cli connection plugin.
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Parameters
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----------
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.. raw:: html
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
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<tr>
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<th colspan="1">Parameter</th>
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<th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th>
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<th width="100%">Comments</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>defaults</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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<li><div style="color: blue"><b>no</b> ←</div></li>
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<li>yes</li>
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</ul>
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<div>The <em>defaults</em> argument will influence how the running-config is collected from the device. When the value is set to true, the command used to collect the running-config is append with the all keyword. When the value is set to false, the command is issued without the all keyword.</div>
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</td>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>dir_path</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">path</span>
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</div>
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<div>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 <code>filename</code> or default filename as described in <code>filename</code> options description. If the path value is not given in that case a <em>backup</em> directory will be created in the current working directory and backup configuration will be copied in <code>filename</code> within <em>backup</em> directory.</div>
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<td colspan="1">
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
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<b>filename</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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<div>The filename to be used to store the backup configuration. If 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></div>
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</table>
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<br/>
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Notes
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.. note::
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- This module is supported on ``ansible_network_os`` network platforms. See the :ref:`Network Platform Options <platform_options>` for details.
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Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml
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- name: configurable backup path
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ansible.netcommon.cli_backup:
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filename: backup.cfg
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dir_path: /home/user
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Return Values
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Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:
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.. raw:: html
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
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<tr>
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<th colspan="1">Key</th>
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<th>Returned</th>
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<th width="100%">Description</th>
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<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
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<b>backup_path</b>
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<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
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<div style="font-size: small">
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<span style="color: purple">string</span>
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<td>always</td>
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<div>The full path to the backup file</div>
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<div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
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<div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">/playbooks/ansible/backup/hostname_config.2016-07-16@22:28:34</div>
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</table>
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<br/><br/>
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Status
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Authors
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~~~~~~~
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- Kate Case (@Qalthos)
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