cisco.nxos.nxos_vxlan_vtep – Manages VXLAN Network Virtualization Endpoint (NVE).

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 1.4.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_vxlan_vtep.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

Synopsis

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

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
string
Description of the NVE interface.
global_ingress_replication_bgp
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Configures ingress replication protocol as bgp for all VNIs. This is available on Nexus 9000 series switches running NX-OS software release 9.2(x) or higher.
global_mcast_group_L2
string
Global multicast IP prefix for L2 VNIs or the keyword 'default'. This is available on Nexus 9000 series switches running NX-OS software release 9.2(x) or higher.
global_mcast_group_L3
string
Global multicast IP prefix for L3 VNIs or the keyword 'default'. This is available on Nexus 9000 series switches running NX-OS software release 9.2(x) or higher.
global_suppress_arp
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enables ARP suppression for all VNIs. This is available on NX-OS 9K series running 9.2.x or higher.
host_reachability
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Specify mechanism for host reachability advertisement. A Boolean value of 'true' indicates that BGP will be used for host reachability advertisement. A Boolean value of 'false' indicates that no protocol is used for host reachability advertisement. Other host reachability advertisement protocols (e.g. OpenFlow, controller, etc.) are not supported.
interface
string / required
Interface name for the VXLAN Network Virtualization Endpoint.
multisite_border_gateway_interface
string
added in 1.1.0 of cisco.nxos
Specify the loopback interface whose IP address should be used for the NVE Multisite Border-gateway Interface. This is available on specific Nexus 9000 series switches running NX-OS 7.0(3)I7(x) or higher. Specify "default" to remove an existing gateway config.
provider
dictionary
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using connection: httpapi for NX-API.
This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.
For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_pass
string
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
    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
string
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
string
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
integer
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
string
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
integer
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
string
    Choices:
  • cli ←
  • nxapi
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
    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 yes only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
username
string
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
string
Specify the loopback interface whose IP address should be used for the NVE interface.
source_interface_hold_down_time
string
Suppresses advertisement of the NVE loopback address until the overlay has converged.
state
string
    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 cisco.nxos.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

- cisco.nxos.nxos_vxlan_vtep:
    interface: nve1
    description: default
    host_reachability: true
    source_interface: Loopback0
    source_interface_hold_down_time: 30
    shutdown: default
    multisite_border_gateway_interface: Loopback0

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list / elements=string
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', 'multisite border-gateway interface loopback0']


Authors

  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)