community.network.ce_vrf_af module – Manages VPN instance address family on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

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.ce_vrf_af.

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

  • Manages VPN instance address family of HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Aliases: network.cloudengine.ce_vrf_af

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

evpn

boolean

Is extend vpn or normal vpn.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

route_distinguisher

string

VPN instance route distinguisher,the RD used to distinguish same route prefix from different vpn. The RD must be setted before setting vpn_target_value.

state

string

Manage the state of the af.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

vpn_target_state

string

Manage the state of the vpn target.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent"

vpn_target_type

string

VPN instance vpn target type.

Choices:

  • "export_extcommunity"

  • "import_extcommunity"

vpn_target_value

string

VPN instance target value. Such as X.X.X.X:number<0-65535> or number<0-65535>:number<0-4294967295> or number<0-65535>.number<0-65535>:number<0-65535> or number<65536-4294967295>:number<0-65535> but not support 0:0 and 0.0:0.

vrf

string / required

VPN instance.

vrf_aftype

string

VPN instance address family.

Choices:

  • "v4" ← (default)

  • "v6"

Notes

Note

  • If state=absent, the vrf will be removed, regardless of the non-required parameters.

  • 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: Vrf af module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: Config vpna, set address family is ipv4
    community.network.ce_vrf_af:
      vrf: vpna
      vrf_aftype: v4
      state: present
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config vpna, delete address family is ipv4
    community.network.ce_vrf_af:
      vrf: vpna
      vrf_aftype: v4
      state: absent
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config vpna, set address family is ipv4,rd=1:1,set vpn_target_type=export_extcommunity,vpn_target_value=2:2
    community.network.ce_vrf_af:
      vrf: vpna
      vrf_aftype: v4
      route_distinguisher: 1:1
      vpn_target_type: export_extcommunity
      vpn_target_value: 2:2
      vpn_target_state: present
      state: present
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config vpna, set address family is ipv4,rd=1:1,delete vpn_target_type=export_extcommunity,vpn_target_value=2:2
    community.network.ce_vrf_af:
      vrf: vpna
      vrf_aftype: v4
      route_distinguisher: 1:1
      vpn_target_type: export_extcommunity
      vpn_target_value: 2:2
      vpn_target_state: absent
      state: present
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

check to see if a change was made on the device

Returned: always

Sample: true

end_state

dictionary

k/v pairs of switchport after module execution

Returned: always

Sample: {"route_distinguisher": ["1:1", "2:2"], "vpn_target_type": ["import_extcommunity", "3:3"], "vpn_target_value": [], "vrf": "vpna", "vrf_aftype": ["ipv4uni", "ipv6uni"]}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing switchport

Returned: always

Sample: {"route_distinguisher": ["1:1", "2:2"], "vpn_target_type": [], "vpn_target_value": [], "vrf": "vpna", "vrf_aftype": ["ipv4uni", "ipv6uni"]}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: always

Sample: {"evpn": "none", "state": "present", "vpn_targe_state": "absent", "vpn_target_type": "none", "vpn_target_value": "none", "vrf": "vpna", "vrf_aftype": "v4"}

updates

list / elements=string

command list sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["ip vpn-instance vpna", "vpn-target 3:3 import_extcommunity"]

Status

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

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Yang yang (@QijunPan)