rescue.md

Save and Load rescue configuration into device

The config_manager/rescue function provides a means to save a know good running configuration as a rescue configuration and rollback the current device configuration to rescue configuration when required.

How to save a rescue configuration checkpoint

Below is an example of how to call the config_manager/rescue function to mark the current running configuration as rescue config.

- hosts: junos

  roles:
    - name: ansible-network.juniper_junos
      function: config_manager/resuce
      config_manager_set_rescue: True

How to load the rescue configuration

The config_manager/rescue function also provides support to rollback the current running configuration to a rescue configuration when required

In order to load the resuce configuration, the function as before but adds the value config_manager_load_rescue_config: yes to the playbook to indicate that the configuration should be rollbacked to te the resuce configuration.

Note: Take caution when doing rescue configuration load that you do not inadvertently replace your access to the device.

- hosts: junos

  roles:
    - name: ansible-network.juniper_junos
      function: config_manager/resuce
      config_manager_load_rescue_config: True

How to delete a rescue configuration checkpoint

Below is an example of how to call the config_manager/rescue function to delete the previously set rescue configuration.

- hosts: junos

  roles:
    - name: ansible-network.juniper_junos
      function: config_manager/resuce
      config_manager_delete_rescue: True

Arguments

config_manager_set_rescue

This setting indicates whether or not the to set the current running configuration as the rescue configuration.

The default value is False

config_manager_load_rescue_config

This setting indicates whether or not to replace the current configuration with the rescue configuration.

The default value is False

config_manager_delete_rescue

This setting indicates whether or not the to delete the rescue configuration checkpoint that is already set.

The default value is False