frr.frr.frr_facts – Collect facts from remote devices running Free Range Routing (FRR).

Note

This plugin is part of the frr.frr collection (version 1.0.3).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install frr.frr.

To use it in a playbook, specify: frr.frr.frr_facts.

New in version 1.0.0: of frr.frr

Synopsis

  • Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running FRR. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with ansible_net_<fact>. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
gather_subset
list / elements=string
Default:
"!config"
When supplied, this argument restricts the facts collected to a given subset.
Possible values for this argument include all, hardware, config, and interfaces.
Specify a list of values to include a larger subset.
Use a value with an initial ! to collect all facts except that subset.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against FRR 6.0.

Examples

- name: Collect all facts from the device
  frr.frr.frr_facts:
    gather_subset: all

- name: Collect only the config and default facts
  frr.frr.frr_facts:
    gather_subset:
    - config

- name: Collect the config and hardware facts
  frr.frr.frr_facts:
    gather_subset:
    - config
    - hardware

- name: Do not collect hardware facts
  frr.frr.frr_facts:
    gather_subset:
    - '!hardware'

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses
list / elements=string
when interfaces is configured
All IPv4 addresses configured on the device
ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses
list / elements=string
when interfaces is configured
All IPv6 addresses configured on the device
ansible_net_api
string
always
The name of the transport
ansible_net_config
string
when config is configured
The current active config from the device
ansible_net_gather_subset
list / elements=string
always
The list of fact subsets collected from the device
ansible_net_hostname
string
always
The configured hostname of the device
ansible_net_interfaces
dictionary
when interfaces is configured
A hash of all interfaces running on the system
ansible_net_mem_stats
dictionary
when hardware is configured
The memory statistics fetched from the device
ansible_net_mpls_ldp_neighbors
dictionary
when interfaces is configured and LDP daemon is running on the device
The list of MPLS LDP neighbors from the remote device
ansible_net_python_version
string
always
The Python version that the Ansible controller is using
ansible_net_version
string
always
The FRR version running on the remote device


Authors

  • Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)