community.network.nclu module – Configure network interfaces using NCLU

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.1.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

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

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

Note

The community.network collection has been deprecated and will be removed from Ansible 12. See the discussion thread for more information.

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

version 6.0.0

Why:

This collection and all content in it is unmaintained and deprecated.

Alternative:

Unknown.

Synopsis

• Interface to the Network Command Line Utility, developed to make it easier to configure operating systems running ifupdown2 and Quagga, such as Cumulus Linux. Command documentation is available at https://docs.cumulusnetworks.com/cumulus-linux/System-Configuration/Network-Command-Line-Utility-NCLU/

Aliases: network.cumulus.nclu

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
abort boolean	Boolean. When true, perform a ‘net abort’ before the block. This cleans out any uncommitted changes in the buffer. Mutually exclusive with atomic. Choices: false ← (default) true
atomic boolean	When true, equivalent to both commit and abort being true. Mutually exclusive with commit and atomic. Choices: false ← (default) true
commands string	A list of strings containing the net commands to run. Mutually exclusive with template.
commit boolean	When true, performs a ‘net commit’ at the end of the block. Mutually exclusive with atomic. Choices: false ← (default) true
description string	Commit description that will be recorded to the commit log if commit or atomic are true. Default: "Ansible-originated commit"
template string	A single, multi-line string with jinja2 formatting. This string will be broken by lines, and each line will be run through net. Mutually exclusive with commands.

Notes

Note

• Supports check_mode. Note that when using check_mode, abort is always true.

Examples

- name: Add two interfaces without committing any changes
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - add int swp1
        - add int swp2

- name: Modify hostname to Cumulus-1 and commit the change
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - add hostname Cumulus-1
    commit: true

- name: Add 48 interfaces and commit the change.
  community.network.nclu:
    template: |
        {% for iface in range(1,49) %}
        add int swp{{iface}}
        {% endfor %}
    commit: true
    description: "Ansible - add swps1-48"

- name: Fetch Status Of Interface
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - show interface swp1
  register: output

- name: Print Status Of Interface
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: output

- name: Fetch Details From All Interfaces In JSON Format
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - show interface json
  register: output

- name: Print Interface Details
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: output["msg"]

- name: Atomically add an interface
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - add int swp1
    atomic: true
    description: "Ansible - add swp1"

- name: Remove IP address from interface swp1
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - del int swp1 ip address 1.1.1.1/24

- name: Configure BGP AS and add 2 EBGP neighbors using BGP Unnumbered
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - add bgp autonomous-system 65000
        - add bgp neighbor swp51 interface remote-as external
        - add bgp neighbor swp52 interface remote-as external
    commit: true

- name: Configure BGP AS and Add 2 EBGP neighbors Using BGP Unnumbered via Template
  community.network.nclu:
    template: |
      {% for neighbor in range(51,53) %}
      add bgp neighbor swp{{neighbor}} interface remote-as external
      add bgp autonomous-system 65000
      {% endfor %}
    atomic: true

- name: Check BGP Status
  community.network.nclu:
    commands:
        - show bgp summary json
  register: output

- name: Print BGP Status In JSON
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    var: output["msg"]

Return Values

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

Key	Description
changed boolean	whether the interface was changed Returned: changed Sample: true
msg string	human-readable report of success or failure Returned: always Sample: "interface bond0 config updated"

Status

• This module will be removed in version 6.0.0. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Cumulus Networks (@isharacomix)

Collection links

• Issue Tracker
• Repository (Sources)