net_l3_interface - Manage L3 interfaces on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
List of L3 interfaces definitions
ipv4
IPv4 of the L3 interface.
ipv6
IPv6 of the L3 interface.
name
Name of the L3 interface.
purge Default:
no
Purge L3 interfaces not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the L3 interface configuration.

Examples

- name: Set eth0 IPv4 address
  net_l3_interface:
    name: eth0
    ipv4: 192.168.0.1/24

- name: Remove eth0 IPv4 address
  net_l3_interface:
    name: eth0
    state: absent

- name: Set IP addresses on aggregate
  net_l3_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: eth1, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24 }
      - { name: eth2, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64" }

- name: Remove IP addresses on aggregate
  net_l3_interface:
    aggregate:
      - { name: eth1, ipv4: 192.168.2.10/24 }
      - { name: eth2, ipv4: 192.168.3.10/24, ipv6: "fd5d:12c9:2201:1::1/64" }
    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:
["set interfaces ethernet eth0 address '192.168.0.1/24'"]


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

  • Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)

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