paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_lic module – apply authcode to a device/instance

Note

This module is part of the paloaltonetworks.panos collection (version 2.21.2).

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_lic.

New in paloaltonetworks.panos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Apply an authcode to a device.

  • The authcode should have been previously registered on the Palo Alto Networks support portal.

  • The device should have Internet access.

Requirements

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

  • pan-python

  • pandevice

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

api_key

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The API key to use instead of generating it using username / password.

auth_code

string

authcode to be applied.

If this is not given, then “request license fetch” is performed instead.

force

boolean

Whether to apply authcode even if device is already licensed / has a serial number.

For example, set the force option to “true” when adding extra subscription or features licenses to a device which already has a serial number.

Choices:

ip_address

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The IP address or hostname of the PAN-OS device being configured.

password

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The password to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.

port

integer

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`443`

provider

dictionary

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

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"`

username

string

Deprecated

Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.

Default: :ansible-option-default:`"admin"`

Notes

Note

  • Panorama is supported

  • Checkmode is not supported.

  • PAN-OS connectivity should be specified using provider or the classic PAN-OS connectivity params (ip_address, username, password, api_key, and port). If both are present, then the classic params are ignored.

Examples

- name: Activate my authcode
  paloaltonetworks.panos.panos_lic:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
    auth_code: "IBADCODE"
  register: result

- debug:
    msg: 'Serial number is {{ result.serialnumber }}'

Return Values

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

Key

Description

licenses

list / elements=string

List of PAN-OS licenses (as dicts) as a result of this module’s execution.

Returned: when not using auth_code

serialnumber

string

PAN-OS serial number when this module began execution.

Returned: success

Sample: :ansible-rv-sample-value:`"973080716"`

Authors

  • Luigi Mori (@jtschichold), Ivan Bojer (@ivanbojer)