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+.. _netvisor_platform_options:
+
+**********************************
+Pluribus NETVISOR Platform Options
+**********************************
+
+Pluribus NETVISOR Ansible is part of the `community.network <https://galaxy.ansible.com/community/network>`_ collection and only supports CLI connections today. ``httpapi`` modules may be added in future.
+This page offers details on how to use ``ansible.netcommon.network_cli`` on NETVISOR in Ansible.
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+
+Connections available
+================================================================================
+
+.. table::
+ :class: documentation-table
+
+ ==================== ==========================================
+ .. CLI
+ ==================== ==========================================
+ Protocol SSH
+
+ Credentials uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present
+
+ accepts ``-u myuser -k`` if using password
+
+ Indirect Access by a bastion (jump host)
+
+ Connection Settings ``ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli``
+
+ |enable_mode| not supported by NETVISOR
+
+ Returned Data Format ``stdout[0].``
+ ==================== ==========================================
+
+.. |enable_mode| replace:: Enable Mode |br| (Privilege Escalation)
+
+Pluribus NETVISOR does not support ``ansible_connection: local``. You must use ``ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli``.
+
+Using CLI in Ansible
+====================
+
+Example CLI ``group_vars/netvisor.yml``
+---------------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
+ ansible_network_os: community.netcommon.netvisor
+ ansible_user: myuser
+ ansible_password: !vault...
+ ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'
+
+
+- If you are using SSH keys (including an ssh-agent) you can remove the ``ansible_password`` configuration.
+- If you are accessing your host directly (not through a bastion/jump host) you can remove the ``ansible_ssh_common_args`` configuration.
+- If you are accessing your host through a bastion/jump host, you cannot include your SSH password in the ``ProxyCommand`` directive. To prevent secrets from leaking out (for example in ``ps`` output), SSH does not support providing passwords through environment variables.
+
+Example CLI task
+----------------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+ - name: Create access list
+ community.network.pn_access_list:
+ pn_name: "foo"
+ pn_scope: "local"
+ state: "present"
+ register: acc_list
+ when: ansible_network_os == 'community.network.netvisor'
+
+
+.. include:: shared_snippets/SSH_warning.txt
+
+.. seealso::
+
+ :ref:`timeout_options`