community.routeros.api – Ansible module for RouterOS API

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values

Synopsis

• Ansible module for RouterOS API with python librouteros.
• This module can add, remove, update, query and execute arbitrary command in routeros via API.

Requirements

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

• librouteros
• Python >= 3.6 (for librouteros)

Parameters

Notes

Examples

---
- name: Use RouterOS API
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    hostname: "ros_api_hostname/ip"
    username: "admin"
    password: "secret_password"

    path: "ip address"

    nic: "ether2"
    ip1: "1.1.1.1/32"
    ip2: "2.2.2.2/32"
    ip3: "3.3.3.3/32"

  tasks:
    - name: Get "{{ path }} print"
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "{{ path }}"
      register: print_path

    - name: Dump "{{ path }} print" output
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: '{{ print_path }}'

    - name: Add ip address "{{ ip1 }}" and "{{ ip2 }}"
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "{{ path }}"
        add: "{{ item }}"
      loop:
        - "address={{ ip1 }} interface={{ nic }}"
        - "address={{ ip2 }} interface={{ nic }}"
      register: addout

    - name: Dump "Add ip address" output - ".id" for new added items
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: '{{ addout }}'

    - name: Query for ".id" in "{{ path }} WHERE address == {{ ip2 }}"
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "{{ path }}"
        query: ".id address WHERE address == {{ ip2 }}"
      register: queryout

    - name: Dump "Query for" output and set fact with ".id" for "{{ ip2 }}"
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: '{{ queryout }}'

    - name: Store query_id for later usage
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        query_id: "{{ queryout['msg'][0]['.id'] }}"

    - name: Update ".id = {{ query_id }}" taken with custom fact "fquery_id"
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "{{ path }}"
        update: ".id={{ query_id }} address={{ ip3 }}"
      register: updateout

    - name: Dump "Update" output
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: '{{ updateout }}'

    - name: Remove ips - stage 1 - query ".id" for "{{ ip2 }}" and "{{ ip3 }}"
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "{{ path }}"
        query: ".id address WHERE address == {{ item }}"
      register: id_to_remove
      loop:
        - "{{ ip2 }}"
        - "{{ ip3 }}"

    - name: Set fact for ".id" from "Remove ips - stage 1 - query"
      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
        to_be_remove: "{{ to_be_remove |default([]) + [item['msg'][0]['.id']] }}"
      loop: "{{ id_to_remove.results }}"

    - name: Dump "Remove ips - stage 1 - query" output
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: '{{ to_be_remove }}'

    # Remove "{{ rmips }}" with ".id" by "to_be_remove" from query
    - name: Remove ips - stage 2 - remove "{{ ip2 }}" and "{{ ip3 }}" by '.id'
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "{{ path }}"
        remove: "{{ item }}"
      register: remove
      loop: "{{ to_be_remove }}"

    - name: Dump "Remove ips - stage 2 - remove" output
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: '{{ remove }}'

    - name: Arbitrary command example "/system identity print"
      community.routeros.api:
        hostname: "{{ hostname }}"
        password: "{{ password }}"
        username: "{{ username }}"
        path: "system identity"
        cmd: "print"
      register: cmdout

    - name: Dump "Arbitrary command example" output
      ansible.builtin.debug:
        msg: "{{ cmdout }}"

Return Values

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

Authors

• Nikolay Dachev (@NikolayDachev)