net_interface - Manage Interface on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
List of Interfaces definitions.
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.
duplex
    Choices:
  • full
  • half
  • auto ←
Interface link status
enabled
Configure interface link status.
mtu
Maximum size of transmit packet.
name
required
Name of the Interface.
purge Default:
no
Purge Interfaces not defined in the aggregate parameter. This applies only for logical interface.
rx_rate
Receiver rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed
Interface link speed.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • up
  • down
State of the Interface configuration, up indicates present and operationally up and down indicates present and operationally down
tx_rate
Transmit rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

Examples

- name: configure interface
  net_interface:
    name: ge-0/0/1
    description: test-interface

- name: remove interface
  net_interface:
    name: ge-0/0/1
    state: absent

- name: make interface up
  net_interface:
    name: ge-0/0/1
    description: test-interface
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  net_interface:
    name: ge-0/0/1
    description: test-interface
    enabled: False

- name: Create interface using aggregate
  net_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: ge-0/0/1, description: test-interface-1 }
      - { name: ge-0/0/2, description: test-interface-2 }
    speed: 1g
    duplex: full
    mtu: 512

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  junos_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: ge-0/0/1 }
      - { name: ge-0/0/2 }
    state: absent

- name: Check intent arguments
  net_interface:
    name: fxp0
    state: up
    tx_rate: ge(0)
    rx_rate: le(0)

- name: Config + intent
  net_interface:
    name: fxp0
    enabled: False
    state: down

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 20', 'name test-interface']


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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