Automated Cisco ASA backup - Ansible

[felix.mugambi]

Hello Team,

Needed to have an automated backup of cisco asa firewalls using ansible.

With router and switches its possible since once i ssh to the devices they take me to enable mode, and run the command in the playbook and saves the output to a desired folder.

Challenge with ASA they need you to manually enter the enable command and enable password; can anyone provide me with ansible playbook to cater for this, or how can i configure the asa, such that once you ssh after authentication you move straight to enable mode. and is it a best practice?

Thanks in advance.

[MHM Cisco World]

I think if you use console keyword in aaa authentication you can immediately enter to enable mode.

Note:- you need username with privilege 15 to escape the enable mode steps

Note:- please confirm if you already use aaa or not

MHM