Juniper Junos Space Ansible Collection

Tech Preview

This is the Ansible Collection provided by the Juniper Network Automation Team for automating actions in Junos Space.

This Collection is meant for distribution via Ansible Galaxy as is available for all Ansible users to utilize, contribute to, and provide feedback about.

Using Junos Space Ansible Collection

An example for using this collection to manage a log source with Junos Space is as follows.

inventory.ini (Note the password should be managed by a Vault for a production environment.

[space]
space01 ansible_host=192.168.30.1

[space:vars]
ansible_network_os=juniper.space.space
ansible_connection=httpapi
ansible_user=super
ansible_password=SuperPassword
ansible_httpapi_port=34003
ansible_httpapi_validate_certs=False
ansible_httpapi_use_ssl=True

Define your collection search path at the Play level

Below we specify our collection at the Play level which allows us to use the space_device_info module without specifying the need for the Ansible Collection Namespace.

space_with_collections_example.yml

---
- name: Space API Example
  hosts: all
  connection: httpapi
  gather_facts: no
  collections:
    - juniper.space

  tasks:
    - name: All devices
      space_device_info:

Define your collection search path at the Block level

Below we use the block level keyword, we are able to use the space_device_info module without the need for the Ansible Collection Namespace.

space_with_collections_block_example.yml

---
- name: Space API Example
  hosts: all
  connection: httpapi
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:
    - name: Space Block Example
      block:
        - name: All devices
          space_device_info:

      collections:
        - juniper.space

Directory Structure

• docs/: local documentation for the collection
• license.txt: optional copy of license(s) for this collection
• galaxy.yml: source data for the MANIFEST.json that will be part of the collection package
• playbooks/: playbooks reside here
  • tasks/: this holds 'task list files' for include_tasks/import_tasks usage
• plugins/: all ansible plugins and modules go here, each in its own subdir
  • modules/: ansible modules
  • lookups/: lookup plugins
  • filters/: Jinja2 filter plugins
  • ... rest of plugins
• README.md: information file (this file)
• roles/: directory for ansible roles
• tests/: tests for the collection's content

Planned Modules

• space_device: managing device state (discovering, removing)
• address_object: managing shared address objects including variable, groups
• nat_policy
• nat_rule