ce_evpn_global – Manages global configuration of EVPN on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages global configuration of EVPN on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
evpn_overlay_enable
- / required
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Configure EVPN as the VXLAN control plane.

Notes

Note

  • Before configuring evpn_overlay_enable=disable, delete other EVPN configurations.

  • Recommended connection is network_cli.

  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: evpn global module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: Configure EVPN as the VXLAN control plan
    ce_evpn_global:
      evpn_overlay_enable: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: Undo EVPN as the VXLAN control plan
    ce_evpn_global:
      evpn_overlay_enable: disable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
 always
check to see if a change was made on the device

Sample:
True
end_state
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of end attributes on the interface

Sample:
{'evpn_overlay_enable': 'enable'}
existing
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of existing attributes on the device

Sample:
{'evpn_overlay_enable': 'disable'}
proposed
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'evpn_overlay_enable': 'enable'}
updates
list
 always
command list sent to the device

Sample:
['evpn-overlay enable']


Status

Authors

  • Zhijin Zhou (@QijunPan)

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