eos_interface - Manage Interface on Arista EOS network devices¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Arista EOS network devices.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate			List of Interfaces definitions. Each of the entry in aggregate list should define name of interface `name` and other options as required.
auth_pass			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize bool		Choices: no ← yes	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
delay		Default: 10	Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values `up`/`down`, tx_rate and rx_rate.
description			Description of Interface upto 240 characters.
enabled		Default: yes	Interface link status. If the value is True the interface state will be enabled, else if value is False interface will be in disable (shutdown) state.
mtu			Set maximum transmission unit size in bytes of transmit packet for the interface given in `name` option.
name required			Name of the Interface to be configured on remote device. The name of interface should be in expanded format and not abbreviated.
neighbors			Check the operational state of given interface `name` for LLDP neighbor. The following suboptions are available.
	host		LLDP neighbor host for given interface `name`.
	port		LLDP neighbor port to which given interface `name` is connected.
provider			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
	username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
	authorize bool	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
	ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
	use_proxy bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
	auth_pass		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
	host required		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
	timeout	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	use_ssl bool	Choices: no yes ←	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the `transport=eapi`. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
	password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
	validate_certs bool	Choices: no yes	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
	port	Default: 0 (use common port)	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
	transport required	Choices: eapi cli ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
rx_rate			Receiver rate in bits per second (bps) for the interface given in `name` option. This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed			This option configures autoneg and speed/duplex/flowcontrol for the interface given in `name` option.
state		Choices: present ← absent up down	State of the Interface configuration, `up` means present and operationally up and `down` means present and operationally `down`
tx_rate			Transmit rate in bits per second (bps) for the interface given in `name` option. This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against EOS 4.15
For information on using CLI, eAPI and privileged mode see the EOS Platform Options guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Arista EOS devices see the Arista integration page.

Examples ¶

- name: configure interface
  eos_interface:
      name: ethernet1
      description: test-interface
      speed: 100full
      mtu: 512

- name: remove interface
  eos_interface:
    name: ethernet1
    state: absent

- name: make interface up
  eos_interface:
    name: ethernet1
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  eos_interface:
    name: ethernet1
    enabled: False

- name: Check intent arguments
  eos_interface:
    name: ethernet1
    state: up
    tx_rate: ge(0)
    rx_rate: le(0)

- name: Check neighbors intent arguments
  eos_interface:
    name: ethernet1
    neighbors:
    - port: eth0
      host: netdev

- name: Configure interface in disabled state and check if the operational state is disabled or not
  eos_interface:
    name: ethernet1
    enabled: False
    state: down

- name: Add interface using aggregate
  eos_interface:
    aggregate:
    - { name: ethernet1, mtu: 256, description: test-interface-1 }
    - { name: ethernet2, mtu: 516, description: test-interface-2 }
    speed: 100full
    state: present

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  eos_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: loopback9
    - name: loopback10
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device. Sample: ['interface ethernet1', 'description test-interface', 'speed 100full', 'mtu 512']

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 network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

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

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

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