IOSXE Upgrade via Ansible

murafi — Tue, 09 May 2023 01:47:14 GMT

Hi DevNet Folks,

Following my NXOS upgrade playbook I shared last time; I have now created a playbook for IOSXE which has been tested against Cat9K and Cat8500. Thanks to Suresh Vina for testing against Cat9K.

I have used the following to build this playbook, which help some individuals to understand, how you can utilise these items in Ansible.

-      Ansible with PyATS Role.
-      Regex to find strings.
-      IOSXE Ansible Facts Module.
-      Ansible Block Rescue and Always.

What does this playbook cover?
-      Display current facts about the device in question.
-      Config Backup before starting the upgrade.
-      Assert that device is not running with the expected IOXE Version.
-      Assert that device has enough disk space to accommodate new image.
-      Assert that device disk has the new image.
-      Copy the image via SCP or FTP.
-      Verify the new image with given MD5 Hash.
-      Install/upgrade the IOSXE software upgrade with the new image.
-      Clean up old or unnecessary packages.

What does this playbook do not cover? So, you may need to create separate playbooks for that.
-      Any L2/L3 checks before or after the upgrade.

Here is the link for the repo. I am open with any suggestions.
https://github.com/muhammad-rafi/Ansible-Projects/blob/main/iosxe_ansible_project/playbooks/iosxe_upgrade.yml

Please also see the attached screenshots for this playbook run.

Re: IOSXE Upgrade via Ansible

M02@rt37 — Tue, 09 May 2023 07:18:50 GMT

Thanks @murafi for sharing.

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