# \#juniper

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## [\[Announcement\] Archival of junipernetworks.junos Collection & Migration to juniper.device](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcement-archival-of-junipernetworks-junos-collection-migration-to-juniper-device/44869)

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**Author:** [@rohitthakur2590](https://forum.ansible.com/u/rohitthakur2590)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/announcement-archival-of-junipernetworks-junos-collection-migration-to-juniper-device/44869 "2025-11-29T14:30:36Z")

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Hello Ansible Community, As part of the joint effort between Juniper Networks and the Red Hat Ansible Networking team, we are announcing the archival of the junipernetworks.junos collection and the official transition …

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## [The Bullhorn, #210](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-210/44880)

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**Author:** [@anwesha](https://forum.ansible.com/u/anwesha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/the-bullhorn-210/44880 "2025-11-21T19:01:44Z")

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This week in Ansible Community Issue #210, 2025-11-21 (Past Issues) Welcome to The Bullhorn, our newsletter for the Ansible Community. If you have any questions or content you’d like to share, you’re welcome to ch…

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## ["No authentication methods available" with NETCONF](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-authentication-methods-available-with-netconf/39516)

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**Author:** [@abigelow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/abigelow)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/no-authentication-methods-available-with-netconf/39516 "2025-01-08T23:10:36Z")

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Hello! I am running into a persistent “No authentication methods available” issue. ansible\_password is encrypted in group\_vars/all via ansible-vault, and the vault-password-file is specified in ansible.cfg. I expect that…

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## [Simulators of network equipment for existing Ansible network modules?](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simulators-of-network-equipment-for-existing-ansible-network-modules/7872)

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**Author:** [@jpmens](https://forum.ansible.com/u/jpmens)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/simulators-of-network-equipment-for-existing-ansible-network-modules/7872 "2024-08-16T15:09:46Z")

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Is there such a thing as a free to use, preferably packaged for Debian, simulator of a, say, Cisco or Juniper router I could use for demonstrations purposes for corresponding and existing Ansible modules? I teach Ansibl…

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## [XML parse error when trying to connect to Juniper Junos device over Netconf](https://forum.ansible.com/t/xml-parse-error-when-trying-to-connect-to-juniper-junos-device-over-netconf/6702)

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**Author:** [@nickl-ff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/nickl-ff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/xml-parse-error-when-trying-to-connect-to-juniper-junos-device-over-netconf/6702 "2024-06-24T09:22:49Z")

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Hi all, hope I’m in the right place for this question. I’m trying to use Ansible to update the config on Juniper devices on our network. I’m starting with a small script to fetch the current running config, just as a sa…

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## [Not able to push playbook to Juniper Switch](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-push-playbook-to-juniper-switch/1778)

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**Author:** [@G24joshi](https://forum.ansible.com/u/G24joshi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/not-able-to-push-playbook-to-juniper-switch/1778 "2023-10-30T19:28:31Z")

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I am unable to push playbook tasks to our Juniper switch. If I just create a simple playbook for gathering the facts, I am getting below error “\[Errno -2\] Name or service not known”. and this error is same for every modu…
