arista.eos.eos_lldp – Manage LLDP configuration on Arista EOS network devices
arista.eos.eos_lldp – Manage LLDP configuration on Arista EOS network devices
Note
This plugin is part of the arista.eos collection (version 1.2.0).
To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install arista.eos
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: arista.eos.eos_lldp
.
New in version 1.0.0: of arista.eos
Synopsis
- This module provides declarative management of LLDP service on Arista EOS network devices.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
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provider dictionary |
Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details. | ||
auth_pass string |
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 | ||
authorize boolean |
|
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 | |
host string |
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. | ||
password string |
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 | ||
port integer |
Default: 0 |
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). | |
ssh_keyfile path |
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 | ||
timeout integer |
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. | ||
transport string |
|
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. | |
use_proxy boolean |
|
If | |
use_ssl boolean |
|
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to | |
username string |
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 | ||
validate_certs boolean |
|
If | |
state string |
|
State of the LLDP configuration. If value is present lldp will be enabled else if it is absent it will be disabled. |
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: Enable LLDP service
arista.eos.eos_lldp:
state: present
- name: Disable LLDP service
arista.eos.eos_lldp:
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
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commands list / elements=string |
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: ['lldp run'] |
Authors
- Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/arista/eos/eos_lldp_module.html