community.general.nictagadm – Manage nic tags on SmartOS systems

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 2.5.1).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.nictagadm.

Synopsis

• Create or delete nic tags on SmartOS systems.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
etherstub boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Specifies that the nic tag will be attached to a created etherstub. Parameter etherstub is mutually exclusive with both mtu, and mac.
force boolean	Choices: no ← yes	When state is absent set this switch will use the -f parameter and delete the nic tag regardless of existing VMs.
mac string		Specifies the mac address to attach the nic tag to when not creating an etherstub. Parameters mac and etherstub are mutually exclusive.
mtu integer		Specifies the size of the mtu of the desired nic tag. Parameters mtu and etherstub are mutually exclusive.
name string / required		Name of the nic tag.
state string	Choices: absent present ←	Create or delete a SmartOS nic tag.

Examples

- name: Create 'storage0' on '00:1b:21:a3:f5:4d'
  community.general.nictagadm:
    name: storage0
    mac: 00:1b:21:a3:f5:4d
    mtu: 9000
    state: present

- name: Remove 'storage0' nic tag
  community.general.nictagadm:
    name: storage0
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
etherstub boolean	always	specifies if the nic tag will create and attach to an etherstub.
force boolean	always	Shows if -f was used during the deletion of a nic tag
mac string	always	MAC Address that the nic tag was attached to. Sample: 00:1b:21:a3:f5:4d
mtu integer	always	specifies which MTU size was passed during the nictagadm add command. mtu and etherstub are mutually exclusive. Sample: 1500
name string	always	nic tag name Sample: storage0
state string	always	state of the target Sample: present

Authors

• Bruce Smith (@SmithX10)