openvswitch_bridge - Manage Open vSwitch bridges

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ovs-vsctl

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
bridge
required
Name of bridge or fake bridge to manage
external_ids
(added in 2.0)
A dictionary of external-ids. Omitting this parameter is a No-op. To clear all external-ids pass an empty value.
fail_mode
(added in 2.0)
    Choices:
  • secure
  • standalone
Set bridge fail-mode. The default value (None) is a No-op.
parent
(added in 2.3)
Bridge parent of the fake bridge to manage
set
(added in 2.3)
Run set command after bridge configuration. This parameter is non-idempotent, play will always return changed state if present
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the bridge should exist
timeout Default:
5
How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond
vlan
(added in 2.3)
The VLAN id of the fake bridge to manage (must be between 0 and 4095). This parameter is required if parent parameter is set.

Examples

# Create a bridge named br-int
- openvswitch_bridge:
    bridge: br-int
    state: present

# Create a fake bridge named br-int within br-parent on the VLAN 405
- openvswitch_bridge:
    bridge: br-int
    parent: br-parent
    vlan: 405
    state: present

# Create an integration bridge
- openvswitch_bridge:
    bridge: br-int
    state: present
    fail_mode: secure
  args:
    external_ids:
      bridge-id: br-int

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

  • David Stygstra (@stygstra)

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