net_linkagg - Manage link aggregation groups on network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
List of link aggregation definitions.
members
required
List of members interfaces of the link aggregation group. The value can be single interface or list of interfaces.
min_links
Minimum members that should be up before bringing up the link aggregation group.
mode
    Choices:
  • on
  • active
  • passive
Default:
yes
Mode of the link aggregation group. A value of on will enable LACP. active configures the link to actively information about the state of the link, or it can be configured in passive mode ie. send link state information only when received them from another link.
name
required
Name of the link aggregation group.
purge Default:
no
Purge link aggregation groups not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • up
  • down
State of the link aggregation group.

Examples

- name: configure link aggregation group
  net_linkagg:
    name: bond0
    members:
      - eth0
      - eth1

- name: remove configuration
  net_linkagg:
    name: bond0
    state: absent

- name: Create aggregate of linkagg definitions
  net_linkagg:
    aggregate:
        - { name: bond0, members: [eth1] }
        - { name: bond1, members: [eth2] }

- name: Remove aggregate of linkagg definitions
  net_linkagg:
    aggregate:
      - name: bond0
      - name: bond1
    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 bonding bond0', "set interfaces ethernet eth0 bond-group 'bond0'", "set interfaces ethernet eth1 bond-group 'bond0'"]


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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