Network Automation Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Create an Ansible playbook named pb_napalm_get_facts.yml with the following content:

$ cat cat pb_napalm_get_facts.yml---- name: " Collect Network Facts using NAPALM"  hosts: sp_core  tasks:    - name: "P1T1: Collect NAPALM Facts"      napalm_get_facts:        hostname: "{{ ansible_host }}"        username: "{{ ansible_user }}"        password: "{{ ansible_ssh_pass }}"        dev_os: "{{ ansible_network_os }}"        filter:          - bgp_neighbors

2. Update the playbook with the following tasks to validate the data returned by the NAPALM facts module:

$ cat pb_napalm_get_facts.yml< -- Output Omitted for brevity -->- name: Validate All BGP Routers ID is correct  assert:    that: napalm_bgp_neighbors.global.router_id == lo_ip[inventory_hostname].split('/')[0] when: napalm_bgp_neighbors ...