ce_vrf – Manages VPN instance on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages VPN instance of HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
-
Description of the vrf, the string length is 1 - 242 .
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Manage the state of the resource.
vrf
- / required
VPN instance, the length of vrf name is 1 - 31, i.e. "test", but can not be _public_.

Notes

Note

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

  • 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 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 vpn install named vpna, description is test
    ce_vrf:
      vrf: vpna
      description: test
      state: present
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Delete a vpn install named vpna
    ce_vrf:
      vrf: vpna
      state: absent
      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:
{'vrf': 'vpna', 'description': 'test', 'present': 'present'}
existing
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of existing switchport
proposed
dictionary
 always
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'vrf': 'vpna', 'description': 'test', 'state': 'present'}
updates
list
 always
command list sent to the device

Sample:
['ip vpn-instance vpna', 'description test']


Status

Authors

  • Yang yang (@QijunPan)

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