community.network.ce_evpn_global – Manages global configuration of EVPN on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 2.1.1).

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

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_evpn_global.

Synopsis

• Manages global configuration of EVPN on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
evpn_overlay_enable string / 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
    community.network.ce_evpn_global:
      evpn_overlay_enable: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: Undo EVPN as the VXLAN control plan
    community.network.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 / elements=string	always	command list sent to the device Sample: ['evpn-overlay enable']

Authors

• Zhijin Zhou (@QijunPan)