vyos.vyos.vyos_lldp_interface – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage LLDP interfaces configuration on VyOS network devices

Note

This plugin is part of the vyos.vyos collection (version 2.6.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install vyos.vyos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: vyos.vyos.vyos_lldp_interface.

New in version 1.0.0: of vyos.vyos

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Updated modules released with more functionality.

Alternative

vyos_lldp_interfaces

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of LLDP interfaces configuration on VyOS network devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

aggregate

list / elements=dictionary

List of interfaces LLDP should be configured on.

name

string / required

Name of the interface LLDP should be configured on.

state

string

State of the LLDP configuration.

Choices:

  • present

  • absent

  • enabled

  • disabled

name

string

Name of the interface LLDP should be configured on.

provider

dictionary

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.

For more information please see the Network Guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

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 value is used to authenticate the SSH session. 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.

ssh_keyfile

path

Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. 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.

username

string

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

state

string

State of the LLDP configuration.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

  • enabled

  • disabled

Notes

Note

  • Tested against VYOS 1.1.7

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

Examples

- name: Enable LLDP on eth1
  net_lldp_interface:
    state: present

- name: Enable LLDP on specific interfaces
  net_lldp_interface:
    interfaces:
    - eth1
    - eth2
    state: present

- name: Disable LLDP globally
  net_lldp_interface:
    state: disabled

- name: Create aggregate of LLDP interface configurations
  vyos.vyos.vyos_lldp_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: eth1
    - name: eth2
    state: present

- name: Delete aggregate of LLDP interface configurations
  vyos.vyos.vyos_lldp_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: eth1
    - name: eth2
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Returned: always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.

Sample: [“set service lldp eth1”, “set service lldp eth2 disable”]

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)