panos_api_key – retrieve api_key for username/password combination

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module will allow retrieval of the api_key for a given username/password

Requirements

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

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults 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.
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
Default:
443
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.
provider
-
added in 2.8
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
Default:
443
The port number to connect to the PAN-OS device on.
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
Default:
admin
The username to use for authentication. This is ignored if api_key is specified.
username
string
Default:
admin
Deprecated
Use provider to specify PAN-OS connectivity instead.

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

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: retrieve api_key
  panos_op:
    provider: '{{ provider }}'
  register: auth

- name: show system info
  panos_op:
    ip_address: '{{ ip_address }}'
    api_key: '{{ auth.api_key }}'
    cmd: show system info

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
api_key
string
success
output of the api_key

Sample:
LUFRPT14MW5xOEo1R09KVlBZNnpnemh0VHRBOWl6TGM9bXcwM3JHUGVhRlNiY0dCR0srNERUQT09


Status

Authors

  • Joshua Colson (@freakinhippie)