--- title: Worth Reading: Official Ansible Collection for SR Linux... description: Nokia's official Ansible collection for SR Linux takes a different design approach than typical network vendor collections. Instead of creating dozens of small... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-official-ansible-collection-for-sr-linux-ipspace-net-blog-6vs5yd0n0 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Worth Reading: Official Ansible Collection for SR Linux « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Nokia's official Ansible collection for SR Linux takes a different design approach than typical network vendor collections. Instead of creating dozens of small... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-official-ansible-collection-for-sr-linux-ipspace-net-blog-6vs5yd0n0 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6vs5yD0N0.png og:image:alt: Worth Reading: Official Ansible Collection for SR Linux « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Worth Reading: Official Ansible Collection for SR Linux « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Nokia's official Ansible collection for SR Linux takes a different design approach than typical network vendor collections. Instead of creating dozens of small task-specific modules (like Cisco IOS or Arista EOS collections), they built a single generic module driven by SR Linux's native data structures. Key design decisions include: using a dedicated module over the generic URI module to reduce playbook verbosity and handle session cookies, cleaner error handling with human-readable messages instead of raw HTTP errors, and built-in support for diffs and idempotent operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why would I use a dedicated Ansible module for network devices instead of the generic URI module? A dedicated Ansible module avoids overly verbose playbooks that result from using the URI module directly against REST APIs. It also handles authentication edge cases like session cookies, returns clean error messages instead of raw HTTP errors, and can implement idempotent operations by reading current state, computing a diff, and sending only the required updates. _Network engineers automating device configs track patterns like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Deep Dive: Automating NetOps with the cisco.catalystcenter Ansible Collection](https://daily.dev/posts/deep-dive-automating-netops-with-the-cisco-catalystcenter-ansible-collection-2bstaaosj) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cisco Compute Solutions and Red Hat Ansible Supercharge Infrastructure Management](https://daily.dev/posts/cisco-compute-solutions-and-red-hat-ansible-supercharge-infrastructure-management-2tlp5uuck) · Cisco · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [netlab 26.10: SRv6, More Netmiko « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-10-srv6-more-netmiko-ipspace-net-blog-1cocu1zdt) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to collaborate with AI to improve your Ansible skills](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-collaborate-with-ai-to-improve-your-ansible-skills-izxeypqlm) · Red Hat Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Reverse-engineering servers into Ansible](https://daily.dev/posts/reverse-engineering-servers-into-ansible-ujuhzynu9) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#rest-api](https://daily.dev/tags/rest-api), [#ansible](https://daily.dev/tags/ansible) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-official-ansible-collection-for-sr-linux-ipspace-net-blog-6vs5yd0n0) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Worth Reading: Official Ansible Collection for SR Linux « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-official-ansible-collection-for-sr-linux-ipspace-net-blog-6vs5yd0n0","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/worth-reading-official-ansible-collection-for-sr-linux-ipspace-net-blog-6vs5yd0n0"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:53:32.811Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:09:17.737Z","description":"Nokia's official Ansible collection for SR Linux takes a different design approach than typical network vendor collections. 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