nxos_vxlan_vtep – Manages VXLAN Network Virtualization Endpoint (NVE).

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Manages VXLAN Network Virtualization Endpoint (NVE) overlay interface that terminates VXLAN tunnels.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
-
Description of the NVE interface.
host_reachability
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specify mechanism for host reachability advertisement.
interface
- / required
Interface name for the VXLAN Network Virtualization Endpoint.
provider
-
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
This option is only required if you are using NX-API.
For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_pass
-
added in 2.5.3
 Default:
"none"
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
added in 2.5.3
    Choices:
  • 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
- / 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
-
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
-
Default:
"0 (use common port)"
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. 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
-
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
-
added in 2.3
 Default:
10
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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
transport
- / required
Default:
"cli"
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
use_proxy
boolean
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
use_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
username
-
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 nxapi 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
    Choices:
  • 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 nxapi, this value is ignored.
shutdown
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Administratively shutdown the NVE interface.
source_interface
-
Specify the loopback interface whose IP address should be used for the NVE interface.
source_interface_hold_down_time
-
Suppresses advertisement of the NVE loopback address until the overlay has converged.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
  • The module is used to manage NVE properties, not to create NVE interfaces. Use nxos_interface if you wish to do so.
  • state=absent removes the interface.
  • Default, where supported, restores params default value.
  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS 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 Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

- nxos_vxlan_vtep:
    interface: nve1
    description: default
    host_reachability: default
    source_interface: Loopback0
    source_interface_hold_down_time: 30
    shutdown: default

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always
commands sent to the device

Sample:
['interface nve1', 'source-interface loopback0', 'source-interface hold-down-time 30', 'description simple description', 'shutdown', 'host-reachability protocol bgp']


Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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