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junipernetworks.junos.junos_scp module – Transfer files from or to remote devices running Junos

Note

This module is part of the junipernetworks.junos collection (version 9.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install junipernetworks.junos. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: junipernetworks.junos.junos_scp.

New in junipernetworks.junos 1.0.0

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

DEPRECATED

Removed in:: major release after 2025-01-01
Why:: Updated modules released with more functionality
Alternative:: Use ansible.netcommon.net_get, ansible.netcommon.net_put instead.

Synopsis

This module transfers files via SCP from or to remote devices running Junos.

Requirements

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

junos-eznc
ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
dest path	The `dest` argument specifies the path in which to receive the files. Default: `"."`
provider dictionary	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` or `connection: netconf`. For more information please see the Junos OS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
host string	Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
password string	Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port integer	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for `transport=cli`) or port 830 (for `transport=netconf`) device.
ssh_keyfile path	Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
timeout integer	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
transport string	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. Choices: `"cli"` `"netconf"` ← (default)
username string	Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
recursive boolean	The `recursive` argument enables recursive transfer of files and directories. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
remote_src boolean	The `remote_src` argument enables the download of files (scp get) from the remote device. The default behavior is to upload files (scp put) to the remote device. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
src list / elements=path / required	The `src` argument takes a single path, or a list of paths to be transferred. The argument `recursive` must be `true` to transfer directories.
ssh_config path	The `ssh_config` argument is path to the SSH configuration file. This can be used to load SSH information from a configuration file. If this option is not given by default ~/.ssh/config is queried.
ssh_private_key_file path	The `ssh_private_key_file` argument is path to the SSH private key file. This can be used if you need to provide a private key rather than loading the key into the ssh-key-ring/environment

Notes

Note

This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
Tested against vMX JUNOS version 17.3R1.10.
Works with local connections only.
Since this module uses junos-eznc to establish connection with junos device the netconf configuration parameters needs to be passed using module options for example ssh_config unlike other junos modules that uses netconf connection type.
For information on using CLI and netconf see the :ref:`Junos OS Platform Options guide <junos_platform_options>`
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
For more information on using Ansible to manage Juniper network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-juniper.

Examples

# the required set of connection arguments have been purposely left off
# the examples for brevity
- name: upload local file to home directory on remote device
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz

- name: upload local file to tmp directory on remote device
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz
    dest: /tmp/

- name: download file from remote device
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz
    remote_src: true

- name: ssh config file path for jumphost config
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_scp:
    src: test.tgz
    remote_src: true
    ssh_config: /home/user/customsshconfig

Return Values

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

Key	Description
changed boolean	always true Returned: always

Status

This module will be removed in a major release after 2025-01-01. [deprecated]
For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

Christian Giese (@GIC-de)

Collection links

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2025 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/junipernetworks/junos/junos_scp_module.html