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Jonathan E
Jonathan E

Reputation: 54

Ansible Cisco configuration compliance check for invalid users

I am attempting to validate a Cisco configuration with Ansible. I want to be able to tell whether any users have been configured other than the valid ones.

Valid users: username admin, username readonly

Invalid users: username secretbackdoor

I have tried to create a list of users, then flag any which are not valid. The code i have so far is as follows:

---
- hosts: cisco
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

- name: show run
  ios_command:
    commands:
     - show run
  register: cisco_show_run

    - name: list_cisco_usernames
  set_fact: cisco_usernames="{{ cisco_show_run.stdout[0] | regex_findall('username (\S+)', multiline=True) }}"

- name: print usernames
  debug:
    msg: {{ item }}
  with_items: "{{ cisco_usernames }}"

This will print out the three users. Not sure where to go next.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 467

Answers (2)

Jonathan E
Jonathan E

Reputation: 54

Thanks for this. Your solution is working fine. I put in the first option, as I do not always know what the 'incorrect' users are.

Upvotes: 0

Vladimir Botka
Vladimir Botka

Reputation: 68189

"Set Theory Filters" might be next option. For example

- hosts: localhost
  vars:
    valid_users: [admin, readonly]
    invalid_users: [secretbackdoor]
    cisco_usernames: [admin, readonly, secretbackdoor]

  tasks:

    - name: Display users not in valid_users
      debug:
        msg: Not among valid users {{ not_valid }}
      when: not_valid|length > 0
      vars:
        not_valid: "{{ cisco_usernames|difference(valid_users) }}"

    - name: Display users in invalid_users
      debug:
        msg: Among invalid users {{ not_valid }}
      when: not_valid|length > 0
      vars:
        not_valid: "{{ cisco_usernames|intersect(invalid_users) }}"

gives (abridged)

ok: [localhost] => 
  msg: Not among valid users ['secretbackdoor']

ok: [localhost] => 
  msg: Among invalid users ['secretbackdoor']

Upvotes: 1

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