Red Hat Ansible for Network Automation

Click the INVENTORIES navigation link at the top of the screen.

Create the new Inventory. On the INVENTORIES screen, click ADD and select Inventory (not Smart Inventory).

On the DETAILS panel of the INVENTORIES / CREATE INVENTORY screen, the NAME and ORGANIZATION fields are required. Use lab.example.com for NAME, and click the magnifying glass icon to select the Default organization. Click SAVE.

On the DETAILS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com screen, select GROUPS, and then click ADD GROUP. On the CREATE GROUP screen, enter network in the NAME field. In the VARIABLES field, type the following:

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ansible_connection: network_cli

Click SAVE to finalize the addition of the group to the inventory.

On the DETAILS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com / GROUPS /network screen, select GROUPS. Click ADD and select New Group.

On the DETAILS panel of the CREATE GROUP screen, enter vyos in the NAME field. In the VARIABLES field, define the variables as shown below.

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ansible_network_os: vyos
ansible_user: vyos

Click SAVE to finalize the addition of the child group to the inventory.

On the GROUPS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com / GROUPS /network screen (ASSOCIATED GROUPS), click ADD and select New Group.

On the DETAILS panel of the CREATE GROUP screen, enter ios in the NAME field. In the VARIABLES field, define the variables as shown below.

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ansible_network_os: ios
ansible_user: admin

Click SAVE to finalize the addition of the child group to the inventory.

Add spine01, spine02, leaf01, and leaf02 to the vyos group.

1. On the GROUPS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com / GROUPS / network screen (ASSOCIATED GROUPS), click the vyos link.

2. On the GROUPS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com / GROUPS / vyos screen (ASSOCIATED GROUPS), select HOSTS.

3. On the HOSTS panel, click ADD and select New Host. On the CREATE HOST screen, enter spine01 in the NAME field. Click SAVE to finalize the addition of the host to the child group.

4. On the HOSTS panel, click ADD and select New Host to repeat the process and add spine02, leaf01 and leaf02 to the group.

Add cs01 to the ios group.

1. On the GROUPS link in the breadcrumbs to go to the GROUPS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com screen.

2. Click the network link to go to the GROUPS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com / GROUPS / network screen (ASSOCIATED GROUPS).

3. Click the ios link to go to the GROUPS panel of the INVENTORIES / lab.example.com / GROUPS / ios screen (ASSOCIATED GROUPS).

4. Select HOSTS to go to the HOSTS panel. Click ADD and select New Host. Enter cs01 in the HOST NAME field and then click SAVE to finalize the addition of the host to the group.