ansible is unable to connect to junos device

[fatimazahr...@gmail.com]

Hi all, 

I'm new to ansible, and I need to backup a junos device configuration, I tried the solution bellow

#### host 

aa.bb.cc.dd

#####playbook

---

- name: Get configuration

  hosts: all

  connection: local

  gather_facts: no

  roles:

    - Juniper.junos

  tasks:

    - name: Getting config ... please wait

      junos_get_config:

        host={{ inventory_hostname }}

        user=XXXX

        passwd=xxxx

        dest=etc/ansible/Backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}.conf

        logfile=/tmp/changes.log

 

After running the playbook, i get the following error:

PLAY [Get configuration] *******************************************************

TASK [Getting config ... please wait] ******************************************

fatal: [aa.bb.cc.dd]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "unable to connect to aa.bb.cc.dd: ConnectTimeoutError(1aa.bb.cc.dd)"}

to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/playbooks/test.retr

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************

aa.bb.cc.dd                 : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1

How Can I solve this problem ?

[Stacy Smith]

Your playbook looks correct. 

Is NETCONF configured on your device with:

set system services netconf ssh

If so, can you confirm that you can reach the device from the Ansible host on the default NETCONF port of 830:

ssh -s -p830 username@hostname netconf

Some Junos platforms to do not listen for NETCONF on port 830. On those platforms you must connect on port 22. If the above test on port 830 fails, try:

ssh -s -p22 username@hostname netconf

If that test succeeds, you can add "port=22" as an additional argument to the junos_get_config module in your playbook.

--Stacy

[fatimazahr...@gmail.com]

Thank you Stacy, I tried port 22, and  that resolves the problem, but unfortunately I got the following error:

PLAY [Get configuration] *******************************************************

TASK [Getting config ... please wait] ******************************************

fatal: [aa.bb.cc.dd]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Uncaught exception - please report: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'etc/ansible/Backups/aa.bb.cc.dd.conf'"}

        to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/playbooks/test.retry

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************

aa.bb.cc.dd                 : ok=0    changed=0    unreachable=0    failed=1   

I don't know why  I have this error even if the Backups directory exists :(

[Stacy W. Smith]

On Apr 20, 2017, at 9:27 AM, fatimazahr...@gmail.com wrote:
> TASK [Getting config ... please wait] ******************************************
> fatal: [aa.bb.cc.dd]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "failed": true, "msg": "Uncaught exception - please report: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'etc/ansible/Backups/aa.bb.cc.dd.conf'"}
> to retry, use: --limit @/etc/ansible/playbooks/test.retry
>

> I don't know why I have this error even if the Backups directory exists :(

In your playbook you have:
dest=etc/ansible/Backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}.conf

Because the path doesn't start with a /, it's relative to the playbook directory. I expect you meant for this to be an absolute path, so change it to:
dest=/etc/ansible/Backups/{{ inventory_hostname }}.conf

You also need to make sure that the /etc/ansible/Backups path exists and is writeable by the user running the playbook.

--Stacy

[fatimazahr...@gmail.com]

Thank you very much, That helps me a LOT :)