eos_system – Manage the system attributes on Arista EOS devices

eos_system – Manage the system attributes on Arista EOS devices

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of node system attributes on Arista EOS devices. It provides an option to configure host system parameters or remove those parameters from the device active configuration.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
auth_pass string			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes with become_pass. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. 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 ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
authorize boolean		no ← yes	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. 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 ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
domain_name -			Configure the IP domain name on the remote device to the provided value. Value should be in the dotted name form and will be appended to the hostname to create a fully-qualified domain name.
domain_search -			Provides the list of domain suffixes to append to the hostname for the purpose of doing name resolution. This argument accepts a list of names and will be reconciled with the current active configuration on the running node. aliases: domain_list
hostname -			Configure the device hostname parameter. This option takes an ASCII string value.
lookup_source -			Provides one or more source interfaces to use for performing DNS lookups. The interface provided in lookup_source can only exist in a single VRF. This argument accepts either a list of interface names or a list of hashes that configure the interface name and VRF name. See examples.
name_servers -			List of DNS name servers by IP address to use to perform name resolution lookups. This argument accepts either a list of DNS servers or a list of hashes that configure the name server and VRF name. See examples.
provider dictionary			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. 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 ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
	authorize boolean	no ← yes	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 ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
	host string / required		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 ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
	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 ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
	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 / required	cli ← eapi	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	use_proxy boolean added in 2.5	no yes ←	If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
	use_ssl boolean	no yes ←	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to yes only when the transport=eapi. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
	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 ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
	validate_certs boolean	no yes ←	If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
state -		present ← absent	State of the configuration values in the device's current active configuration. When set to present, the values should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the values should not be in the device active configuration

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: configure hostname and domain-name
  eos_system:
    hostname: eos01
    domain_name: test.example.com

- name: remove configuration
  eos_system:
    state: absent

- name: configure DNS lookup sources
  eos_system:
    lookup_source: Management1

- name: configure DNS lookup sources with VRF support
  eos_system:
      lookup_source:
        - interface: Management1
          vrf: mgmt
        - interface: Ethernet1
          vrf: myvrf

- name: configure name servers
  eos_system:
    name_servers:
      - 8.8.8.8
      - 8.8.4.4

- name: configure name servers with VRF support
  eos_system:
    name_servers:
      - { server: 8.8.8.8, vrf: mgmt }
      - { server: 8.8.4.4, vrf: mgmt }

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['hostname eos01', 'ip domain-name test.example.com']
session_name string	changed	The EOS config session name used to load the configuration Sample: ansible_1479315771

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

• Peter Sprygada (@privateip)

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