arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces module – L3 interfaces resource module

Note

This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 3.1.0).

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 arista.eos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces.

New in version 1.0.0: of arista.eos

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of Layer 3 interfaces on Arista EOS devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

config

list / elements=dictionary

A dictionary of Layer 3 interface options

ipv4

list / elements=dictionary

List of IPv4 addresses to be set for the Layer 3 interface mentioned in name option.

address

string

IPv4 address to be set in the format <ipv4 address>/<mask> eg. 192.0.2.1/24, or dhcp to query DHCP for an IP address.

secondary

boolean

Whether or not this address is a secondary address.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

virtual

boolean

Whether or not this address is a virtual address.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

ipv6

list / elements=dictionary

List of IPv6 addresses to be set for the Layer 3 interface mentioned in name option.

address

string

IPv6 address to be set in the address format is <ipv6 address>/<mask> eg. 2001:db8:2201:1::1/64 or auto-config to use SLAAC to chose an address.

name

string / required

Full name of the interface, i.e. Ethernet1.

running_config

string

This option is used only with state parsed.

The value of this option should be the output received from the EOS device by executing the command show running-config | section ^interface.

The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module’s argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.

state

string

The state of the configuration after module completion

Choices:

  • merged ← (default)

  • replaced

  • overridden

  • deleted

  • parsed

  • gathered

  • rendered

Notes

Note

  • Tested against Arista EOS 4.24.6F

  • This module works with connection network_cli. See the EOS Platform Options. ‘eos_l2_interfaces/eos_interfaces’ should be used for preparing the interfaces , before applying L3 configurations using this module (eos_l3_interfaces).

Examples

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 192.0.2.12/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/64
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Delete L3 attributes of given interfaces.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
    - name: Ethernet2
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config


# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 192.0.2.12/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/64
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      ipv4:
      - address: 198.51.100.14/24
    - name: Ethernet2
      ipv4:
      - address: 203.0.113.27/24
    state: merged

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/64
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config


# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 192.0.2.12/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/64
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Override device configuration of all L2 interfaces on device with provided
    configuration.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      ipv6:
      - address: 2001:db8:feed::1/96
    - name: Management1
      ipv4:
      - address: dhcp
    ipv6: auto-config
    state: overridden

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 192.0.2.12/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/64
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Replace device configuration of specified L2 interfaces with provided configuration.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet2
      ipv4:
      - address: 203.0.113.27/24
    state: replaced

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 192.0.2.12/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    ipv6 address auto-config

# Using parsed:

# parsed.cfg
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !

- name: Use parsed to convert native configs to structured data
  arista.eos.interfaces:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

# Output:

# parsed:
#    - name: Ethernet1
#      ipv4:
#        - address: 198.51.100.14/24
#    - name: Ethernet2
#      ipv4:
#        - address: 203.0.113.27/24

# Using rendered:

- name: Use Rendered to convert the structured data to native config
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      ipv4:
      - address: 198.51.100.14/24
    - name: Ethernet2
      ipv4:
      - address: 203.0.113.27/24
    state: rendered

# Output
# ------------
#rendered:
#   - "interface Ethernet1"
#   - "ip address 198.51.100.14/24"
#   - "interface Ethernet2"
#   - "ip address 203.0.113.27/24"

# using gathered:

# Native COnfig:
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !

- name: Gather l3 interfaces facts from the device
  arista.eos.l3_interfaces:
    state: gathered

#    gathered:
#      - name: Ethernet1
#        ipv4:
#          - address: 198.51.100.14/24
#      - name: Ethernet2
#        ipv4:
#          - address: 203.0.113.27/24

Return Values

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

Key

Description

after

list / elements=string

The configuration as structured data after module completion.

Returned: when changed

Sample: “The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters above.\n”

before

list / elements=string

The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.

Returned: always

Sample: “The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters above.\n”

commands

list / elements=string

The set of commands pushed to the remote device.

Returned: always

Sample: [“interface Ethernet2”, “ip address 192.0.2.12/24”]

Authors

  • Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)