community.network.ce_sflow – Manages sFlow configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

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community.network.ce_sflow – Manages sFlow configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 1.3.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_sflow.


Synopsis

  • Configure Sampled Flow (sFlow) to monitor traffic on an interface in real time, detect abnormal traffic, and locate the source of attack traffic, ensuring stable running of the network.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

agent_ip

string

Specifies the IPv4/IPv6 address of an sFlow agent.

collector_datagram_size

string

Specifies the maximum length of sFlow packets sent from an sFlow agent to an sFlow collector. The value is an integer, in bytes. It ranges from 1024 to 8100. The default value is 1400.

collector_description

string

Specifies the description of an sFlow collector. The value is a string of 1 to 255 case-sensitive characters without spaces.

collector_id

string

  • 1
  • 2

Specifies the ID of an sFlow collector. This ID is used when you specify the collector in subsequent sFlow configuration.

collector_ip

string

Specifies the IPv4/IPv6 address of the sFlow collector.

collector_ip_vpn

string

Specifies the name of a VPN instance. The value is a string of 1 to 31 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported. When double quotation marks are used around the string, spaces are allowed in the string. The value _public_ is reserved and cannot be used as the VPN instance name.

collector_meth

string

  • meth
  • enhanced

Configures the device to send sFlow packets through service interfaces, enhancing the sFlow packet forwarding capability. The enhanced parameter is optional. No matter whether you configure the enhanced mode, the switch determines to send sFlow packets through service cards or management port based on the routing information on the collector. When the value is meth, the device forwards sFlow packets at the control plane. When the value is enhanced, the device forwards sFlow packets at the forwarding plane to enhance the sFlow packet forwarding capacity.

collector_udp_port

string

Specifies the UDP destination port number of sFlow packets. The value is an integer that ranges from 1 to 65535. The default value is 6343.

counter_collector

string

Indicates the ID list of the counter collector.

counter_interval

string

Indicates the counter sampling interval. The value is an integer that ranges from 10 to 4294967295, in seconds. The default value is 20.

export_route

string

  • enable
  • disable

Configures the sFlow packets sent by the switch not to carry routing information.

forward_enp_slot

string

added in 0.2.0 of community.network

Enable the Embedded Network Processor (ENP) chip function. The switch uses the ENP chip to perform sFlow sampling, and the maximum sFlow sampling interval is 65535. If you set the sampling interval to be larger than 65535, the switch automatically restores it to 65535. The value is an integer or 'all'.

rate_limit

string

added in 0.2.0 of community.network

Specifies the rate of sFlow packets sent from a card to the control plane. The value is an integer that ranges from 100 to 1500, in pps.

rate_limit_slot

string

added in 0.2.0 of community.network

Specifies the slot where the rate of output sFlow packets is limited. If this parameter is not specified, the rate of sFlow packets sent from all cards to the control plane is limited. The value is an integer or a string of characters.

sample_collector

string

Indicates the ID list of the collector.

sample_direction

string

  • inbound
  • outbound
  • both

Enables flow sampling in the inbound or outbound direction.

sample_length

string

Specifies the maximum length of sampled packets. The value is an integer and ranges from 18 to 512, in bytes. The default value is 128.

sample_rate

string

Specifies the flow sampling rate in the format 1/rate. The value is an integer and ranges from 1 to 4294967295. The default value is 8192.

sflow_interface

string

Full name of interface for Flow Sampling or Counter. It must be a physical interface, Eth-Trunk, or Layer 2 subinterface.

source_ip

string

Specifies the source IPv4/IPv6 address of sFlow packets.

state

string

  • present

  • absent

Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.



Notes

Note

  • This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
  • Recommended connection is netconf.
  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.


Examples

---

- name: Sflow module test
  hosts: ce128
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:
  - name: Configuring sFlow Agent
    community.network.ce_sflow:
      agent_ip: 6.6.6.6
      provider: '{{ cli }}'

  - name: Configuring sFlow Collector
    community.network.ce_sflow:
      collector_id: 1
      collector_ip: 7.7.7.7
      collector_ip_vpn: vpn1
      collector_description: Collector1
      provider: '{{ cli }}'

  - name: Configure flow sampling.
    community.network.ce_sflow:
      sflow_interface: 10GE2/0/2
      sample_collector: 1
      sample_direction: inbound
      provider: '{{ cli }}'

  - name: Configure counter sampling.
    community.network.ce_sflow:
      sflow_interface: 10GE2/0/2
      counter_collector: 1
      counter_interval: 1000
      provider: '{{ cli }}'

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key Returned Description

changed

boolean

always

check to see if a change was made on the device


Sample:

True

end_state

dictionary

verbose mode

k/v pairs of configuration after module execution


Sample:

{'agent': {'family': 'ipv4', 'ipv4Addr': '1.2.3.4', 'ipv6Addr': None}}

existing

dictionary

verbose mode

k/v pairs of existing configuration


Sample:

{'agent': {}}

proposed

dictionary

verbose mode

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module


Sample:

{'agent_ip': '6.6.6.6', 'state': 'present'}

updates

list / elements=string

always

commands sent to the device


Sample:

['sflow agent ip 6.6.6.6']




Authors

  • QijunPan (@QijunPan)

© 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/community/network/ce_sflow_module.html