Ansible MikroTik modules

Introduction

This repository provides Ansible modules to manage MikroTik RouterOS-based devices.

Requirements

Ansible=2.4.2.0

At this time there are no external dependencies. However, there are additional Python modules that are required by the Ansible modules. You may find these in pythonlibs. Before using Ansible you should add these libraries to your Python path: export PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:$PWD/pythonlibs"

Development

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In order to test this module, you'll need a RouterOS instance to target. If you have an existing RouterOS-based MikroTik device, you need only make sure the API service is enabled.

AWS EC2

You can use an ec2 CHR image for testing. Keep in mind that as of right now we can only set up two interfaces on most ec2 instances. https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B01E00PU50?qid=1517274040207&sr=0-1&ref_=srh_res_product_title

Vagrant

This repository provides a Vagrantfile for setting up the x86 build of RouterOS for testing. To use it, you must first ensure Vagrant and VirtualBox are installed. Then, run ./create_vagrant_mikrotik.sh to download the official MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) image from MikroTik, package it as a Vagrant .box file, and register the .box with Vagrant.

Then, you need only run vagrant up in the repository root to start the CHR.

Ansible setup

To use pipenv ensure pipenv is installed:

pip install pipenv

Then enable virtualenv and install dependencies:

pipenv shell

pipenv install

Installing

These modules are still in a very early stage of development; stay tuned for installation instructions later! :)