SLX-OS Platform Options Extreme SLX-OS is part of the community.network collection and only supports CLI connections today. httpapi modules may be added in future. This page offers details on how to use ansible.netcommon.network_cli on SLX-OS in Ansible.  Connections available 
Using CLI in Ansible  Example CLI group_vars/slxos.yml Example CLI task    Connections available   
 CLI   
Protocol SSH  
Credentials 
uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present accepts -u myuser -k if using password   
Indirect Access via a bastion (jump host)  
Connection Settings ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli  
Enable Mode  (Privilege Escalation) not supported by SLX-OS  
Returned Data Format stdout[0].   SLX-OS does not support ansible_connection: local. You must use ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli. Using CLI in Ansible Example CLI group_vars/slxos.yml
 ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
ansible_network_os: community.network.slxos
ansible_user: myuser
ansible_password: !vault...
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'
  If you are using SSH keys (including an ssh-agent) you can remove the ansible_password configuration. If you are accessing your host directly (not through a bastion/jump host) you can remove the ansible_ssh_common_args configuration. If you are accessing your host through a bastion/jump host, you cannot include your SSH password in the ProxyCommand directive. To prevent secrets from leaking out (for example in ps output), SSH does not support providing passwords via environment variables.  Example CLI task - name: Backup current switch config (slxos)
  community.network.slxos_config:
    backup: yes
  register: backup_slxos_location
  when: ansible_network_os == 'community.network.slxos'
  Warning Never store passwords in plain text. We recommend using SSH keys to authenticate SSH connections. Ansible supports ssh-agent to manage your SSH keys. If you must use passwords to authenticate SSH connections, we recommend encrypting them with Ansible Vault.   See also Setting timeout options 

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