Update the devices in netbox, update the status to decommission if device not found in device.yaml file but exist in netbox server

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How to sync the netbox devices using ansible script, devices.yaml file contain list of devices, if old devices deleted from new pull devices.yaml file, how to update the devices in netbox to change the status of devices to decommissioned

---

• name: "Manage NetBox devices"
  hosts: localhost
  gather_facts: false
  connection: local

  vars_files:

  • /home/netbox-git-repo/vars/devices.yaml # Load device data
  • /home/netbox-git-repo/playbooks/inventory/netbox-credentials.yaml

  tasks:

  • name: Manage devices in NetBox
    netbox.netbox.netbox_device:
    netbox_url: "{{ netbox_url }}"
    netbox_token: "{{ netbox_token }}"
    data:
    name: "{{ device.data.name }}"
    device_role: "{{ device.data.device_role }}"
    device_type: "{{ device.data.device_type }}"
    site: "{{ device.data.site }}"
    status: "{{ device.data.status }}"
    face: "{{ device.data.face }}"
    position: "{{ device.data.position | regex_replace('^U', '') | int }}"
    rack: "{{ device.data.rack | default(omit) if device.data.rack | length > 0 else omit }}"
    asset_tag: "{{ device.data.asset_tag | default(omit) if device.data.asset_tag | length > 0 else omit }}"
    platform: "{{ device.data.platform | default(omit) if device.data.platform | length > 0 else omit }}"
    serial: "{{ device.data.serial | default(omit) if device.data.serial | length > 0 else omit }}"
    tenant: "{{ device.data.tenant | default(omit) if device.data.tenant | length > 0 else omit }}"
    comments: "{{ device.data.comments | default(omit) if device.data.comments | length > 0 else omit }}"
    state: "{{ device.state }}"
    loop: "{{ devices }}"
    loop_control:
    loop_var: device