ios_upgrade

This Ansible playbook runs upgrade task for Cisco IOS/XE.

The playbook by default REBOOT the Router !!!! To change this behavier see reboot variabile a second playbook upgrade_ios_post_check.yml can be used for checking that IOS has been upgraded and creates a simple csv file.

Contact information:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @iarnopagliani

• IOS Image
• Variables
• Command
• Vault Password
• Supported Platforms
• Output Files
• Timeout

IOS Image

IOS are not provided and they are stored outside git repository. Please download them from cisco.com ios_path: ../images/gold/

Variables

• Debug switch used in the tasks; normaly False debug: "False"
• Used for skipping scp operations; normaly True upload: "False"
• Used for reboot the router; normaly True reboot: "True"

Command

Use Command: ansible-playbook upgrade_ios.yml

Remenber to use verbose mode: -v or -vv or -vvv for ansible debug.

Vault Password

Encrypt string commannd used: encrypt_string --vault-password-file ~/vault_pass_file.txt ansible where ansible is the password and ~/vault_pass_file.txt is user defined

> cat ~/vault_pass_file.txt
secrect

Supported Platforms

The playbook currently provides Ansible task files for Cisco IOS/IOS-XE ISR1101 and IR1101.

> ansible --version
ansible 2.9.6

Timeout

A value of 1800 secs in task ansible_command_timeout: 1800 has been configured for copy IOS file.

Output Files

At the end of the playbook, the following filesystem components are created.

> tree
.
├── README.md
├── RN
│   └── IR1101-release-notes-16-12-3.pdf
├── ansible.cfg
├── config
│   ├── 2020-04-01_R1_facts.cfg
│   └── 2020-04-02_R1_facts.cfg
├── group_vars
│   ├── all.yml
│   ├── ir1101.yml
│   └── isr1101.yml
├── host_vars
├── hosts.yml
├── inventory.csv
├── rtr_script.txt
├── templates
├── upgrade_ios.yml
└── upgrade_ios_post_check.yml