paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_dynamic_updates module – Install dynamic updates on PAN-OS devices.

Note

This module is part of the paloaltonetworks.panos collection (version 2.19.1).

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install paloaltonetworks.panos. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_dynamic_updates.

New in paloaltonetworks.panos 2.6.0

Synopsis

• Installs the latest content update on PAN-OS devices.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• pan-python can be obtained from PyPI https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pan-python

• pan-os-python can be obtained from PyPI https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pan-os-python

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
provider dictionary / required added in paloaltonetworks.panos 1.0.0	A dict object containing connection details.
api_key string	The API key to use instead of generating it using username / password.
ip_address string / required	The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.
password string	The password to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.
port integer	The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on. Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`
serial_number string	The serial number of a firewall to use for targeted commands. If ip_address is not a Panorama PAN-OS device, then this param is ignored.
username string	The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified. Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`
sync_to_peer boolean	If device is a member of a HA pair, install this update on the peer device as well. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`false` ← (default) :ansible-option-choices-entry:`true`
update_type string	Type of dynamic update to install. Choices: :ansible-option-choices-entry-default:`"content"` ← (default)

Notes

Note

• Panorama is supported.

• Check mode is supported.

Examples

- name: Update content to latest version
  paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_dynamic_updates:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Description
content string	Content version installed Returned: success Sample: :ansible-rv-sample-value:`"8372-6534"`

Authors

• Michael Richardson (@mrichardson03)

Collection links

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