Networking Automation

This directory contains Ansible automation for networking management and operations.

Overview

The Networking automation provides playbooks and roles for managing and configuring networking infrastructure and services.

Roles

Role	Description
network_arista_podman	Role for network arista podman
network_backup	Role for network backup
network_backup_git_collection	Role for network backup git collection
network_base_config	Role for network base config
network_base_full	Role for network base full
network_base_min	Role for network base min
network_base_vars	Role for network base vars
network_create_restore	Role for network create restore
network_create_restore_collection	Role for network create restore collection
network_facts_gather	Role for network facts gather
network_facts_push	Role for network facts push
network_interface_config	Role for network interface config
network_interface_remediate	Role for network interface remediate
network_ios_remove_syslog	Role for network ios remove syslog
network_ios_upgrade	Role for network ios upgrade
network_operational_state	Role for network operational state
network_restore	Role for network restore
network_update_password	Role for network update password
network_version	Role for network version
network_vxlan_config	Role for network vxlan config
ocp_dns	Role for ocp dns

Playbooks

Playbook	Description	Target Hosts
backup_cisco_git_collection.yml	Playbook for backup cisco git collection	os_cisco, os_cisco
backup_collections.yml	Playbook for backup collections	tag_Router, report.shadowman.dev
backup_network_git.yml	Playbook for backup network git	all, all
baseconfig.yml	Playbook for baseconfig	{{ device_name
builddevicereport.yml	Playbook for builddevicereport	all
fulldevicefacts.yml	Playbook for fulldevicefacts	all
ios_interface_config.yml	Playbook for ios interface config	all
ios_logging.yml	Playbook for ios logging	os_cisco
ios_upgrade.yml	Playbook for ios upgrade	os_cisco, report.shadowman.dev, os_cisco
network_base.yml	Playbook for network base	all
network_base_vars.yml	Playbook for network base vars	all
network_interface_remediate.yml	Playbook for network interface remediate	{{ device
network_min.yml	Playbook for network min	all
network_operational_state.yml	Playbook for network operational state	os_cisco
network_restore.yml	Playbook for network restore	all
network_vxlan_config.yml	Playbook for network vxlan config	all
networking_drift_check.yml	Playbook for networking drift check	all
ocp_dns.yml	Playbook for ocp dns	localhost
passwordupdate.yml	Playbook for passwordupdate	all
podman_arista.yml	Playbook for podman arista	all
resourcefactspush.yml	Playbook for resourcefactspush	all
setup_eos_container.yml	Playbook for setup eos container	all
showversion.yml	Playbook for showversion	all

Usage

Running with ansible-navigator

# Run a playbook
ansible-navigator run backup_cisco_git_collection.yml

# Run in stdout mode
ansible-navigator run backup_cisco_git_collection.yml -m stdout

Using roles

- hosts: target_hosts
  roles:
    - network_arista_podman

Requirements

• Ansible 2.9 or higher (via ansible-navigator)
• Required collections (see collections/requirements.yml if present)
• Appropriate access credentials configured via environment variables

Directory Structure

Ansible-Networking/
├── roles/              # Ansible roles
├── *.yml               # Playbooks
├── collections/        # Collection dependencies (if present)
└── ansible-navigator.yml  # Navigator configuration