ce_static_route – Manages static route configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages the static routes on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aftype
- / required
    Choices:
  • v4
  • v6
Destination ip address family type of static route.
description
-
Name of the route. Used with the name parameter on the CLI.
destvrf
-
VPN instance of next hop ip address.
mask
- / required
Destination ip mask of static route.
next_hop
-
Next hop address of static route.
nhp_interface
-
Next hop interface full name of static route.
pref
-
Preference or administrative difference of route (range 1-255).
prefix
- / required
Destination ip address of static route.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Specify desired state of the resource.
tag
-
Route tag value (numeric).
vrf
-
VPN instance of destination ip address.

Notes

Note

  • If no vrf is supplied, vrf is set to default.

  • If state=absent, the route 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: static route 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: Config a ipv4 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: 2.1.1.2
      mask: 24
      next_hop: 3.1.1.2
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v4
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a ipv4 static route ,next hop is an interface and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: 2.1.1.2
      mask: 24
      next_hop: 10GE1/0/1
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v4
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a ipv6 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: fc00:0:0:2001::1
      mask: 64
      next_hop: fc00:0:0:2004::1
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v6
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a ipv4 static route, next hop is an interface and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      prefix: fc00:0:0:2001::1
      mask: 64
      next_hop: 10GE1/0/1
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v6
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Config a VRF and set ipv4 static route, next hop is an address and that it has the proper description
    ce_static_route:
      vrf: vpna
      prefix: 2.1.1.2
      mask: 24
      next_hop: 3.1.1.2
      description: 'Configured by Ansible'
      aftype: v4
      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 switchport after module execution

Sample:
{'next_hop': '3.3.3.3', 'pref': '100', 'prefix': '192.168.20.0', 'mask': '24', 'description': 'testing', 'tag': 'null'}
existing
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of existing switchport
proposed
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'next_hop': '3.3.3.3', 'pref': '100', 'prefix': '192.168.20.642', 'mask': '24', 'description': 'testing', 'vrf': '_public_'}
updates
list
 always
command list sent to the device

Sample:
['ip route-static 192.168.20.0 255.255.255.0 3.3.3.3 preference 100 description testing']


Status

Authors

  • Yang yang (@QijunPan)

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