openvswitch_port – Manage Open vSwitch ports
openvswitch_port – Manage Open vSwitch ports
New in version 1.4.
Synopsis
- Manage Open vSwitch ports
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 to manage | |
external_ids - added in 2.0 |
Default: {} |
Dictionary of external_ids applied to a port. |
port - / required |
Name of port to manage on the bridge | |
set - added in 2.0 |
Set a single property on a port. | |
state - |
|
Whether the port should exist |
tag - added in 2.2 |
VLAN tag for this port. Must be a value between 0 and 4095. | |
timeout - |
Default: 5 |
How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond |
Examples
# Creates port eth2 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: br-ex
port: eth2
state: present
# Creates port eth6
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: bridge-loop
port: eth6
state: present
set: Interface eth6
# Creates port vlan10 with tag 10 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: br-ex
port: vlan10
tag: 10
state: present
set: Interface vlan10
# Assign interface id server1-vifeth6 and mac address 00:00:5E:00:53:23
# to port vifeth6 and setup port to be managed by a controller.
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: br-int
port: vifeth6
state: present
args:
external_ids:
iface-id: '{{ inventory_hostname }}-vifeth6'
attached-mac: '00:00:5E:00:53:23'
vm-id: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
iface-status: active
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]
Red Hat Support
More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.
Authors
- David Stygstra (@stygstra)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/openvswitch_port_module.html