ce_static_route - Manages static route configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aftype
required
    Choices:
  • v4
  • v6
Destination ip address family type of static route.
description
Name of the route. Used with the name parameter on the CLI.
destvrf
VPN instance of next hop ip address.
mask
required
Destination ip mask of static route.
next_hop
Next hop address of static route.
nhp_interface
Next hop interface full name of static route.
pref
Preference or administrative difference of route (range 1-255).
prefix
required
Destination ip address of static route.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Specify desired state of the resource.
tag
Route tag value (numeric).
vrf
VPN instance of destination ip address.

Notes

Note

  • If no vrf is supplied, vrf is set to default. If state=absent, the route will be removed, regardless of the non-required parameters.

Examples

- name: static route module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: Config a ipv4 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: 2.1.1.2
      mask: 24
      next_hop: 3.1.1.2
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v4
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a ipv4 static route ,next hop is an interface and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: 2.1.1.2
      mask: 24
      next_hop: 10GE1/0/1
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v4
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a ipv6 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: fc00:0:0:2001::1
      mask: 64
      next_hop: fc00:0:0:2004::1
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v6
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a ipv4 static route, next hop is an interface and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: fc00:0:0:2001::1
      mask: 64
      next_hop: 10GE1/0/1
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v6
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a VRF and set ipv4 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      vrf: vpna
      prefix: 2.1.1.2
      mask: 24
      next_hop: 3.1.1.2
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v4
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
always
check to see if a change was made on the device

Sample:
True
end_state
dict
always
k/v pairs of switchport after module execution

Sample:
{'prefix': '192.168.20.0', 'next_hop': '3.3.3.3', 'description': 'testing', 'tag': 'null', 'pref': '100', 'mask': '24'}
existing
dict
always
k/v pairs of existing switchport

proposed
dict
always
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'prefix': '192.168.20.642', 'next_hop': '3.3.3.3', 'description': 'testing', 'pref': '100', 'mask': '24', 'vrf': '_public_'}
updates
list
always
command list sent to the device

Sample:
['ip route-static 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0 3.3.3.3 preference 100 description testing']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

  • Yang yang (@CloudEngine-Ansible)

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