Perform local backup on target Nodegrid with Ansible

Perform local backup on target Nodegrid with Ansible

Ansible can be used to save current configuration of Nodegrid device and saved as a backup file.

In local backup, the saved configuration will be saved locally in the Nodegrid.

This is the template file one needs for this task: localbackup.j2
Here template file is in templates folder. So, the path is /etc/ansible/templates/localbackup.j2

  2. cd /system/toolkit
  3. save_settings
  4. set destination=local_system
  5. set filename={{ ng_backup }}
  6. save
  7. finish
  8. commit

Next task is to create a playbook to run this task: localbackup.yml
This yml file is at /etc/ansible/localbackup.yml 

  2. ---
  3.  - name: Take a backup of remote nodegrid
  4.    hosts: Nodegrid
  5.    become: true
  6.    gather_facts: yes
  7.    vars:
  8.      ng_backup: newbackup
  9.    tasks:
  10.    - name: Copy template to remote nodegrid
  11.      template:
  12.        src: templates/localbackup.j2
  13.        dest: /tmp/localbackup.cli

  15.    - name: Apply the backup
  16.      command: cli -f /tmp/localbackup.cli

  18.    - name: ACK
  19.      debug:
  20.        msg: " Backup is created "
Now, run the playbook with command: ansible-playbook localbackup.yml

One will see that backup will be saved in /backup folder with filename given in the playbook.

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