Performing platform-specific or group-specific operations

In this recipe, we'll build on the experiences of previous recipes by using Ansible to deploy to configurations to a restricted set of devices without our estate, perhaps based upon either hardware type or software type. We'll explore adding variables to our inventory record which can influence playbooks, and we'll also look at dynamically determining playbook execution.

Getting ready

In order to complete this recipe, you need a working Ansible environment, and you should have installed the PyEZ framework and related NETCONF client libraries in order to be able to communicate with the JUNOS nodes with NETCONF-over-SSH.

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