dellemc.os10.bgp_validate module – Validate the bgp neighbor state,raise error if it is not in established state

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.os10 collection (version 1.1.1).

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 dellemc.os10.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.os10.bgp_validate.

Synopsis

  • Troubleshoot the bgp neighor state info using show ip bgp summary and show ip interface brief.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bgp_neighbors

list / elements=string / required

planned neighbours input from group_var to compare actual

show_ip_bgp

list / elements=string / required

show ip bgp summary output

show_ip_intf_brief

list / elements=string / required

show ip interface brief output

Examples

Copy below YAML into a playbook (e.g. play.yml) and run as follows:

#$ ansible-playbook -i inv play.yml
name: Validate BGP configuration
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: False
tasks:
  - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show ip bgp summary"
    os10_command:
      commands:
        - command: "show ip bgp summary | display-xml"
        - command: "show ip interface brief | display-xml"
      provider: "{{ hostvars[item].cli }}"
    with_items: "{{ groups['all'] }}"
    register: show_bgp
  - set_fact:
       output_bgp:  "{{ output_bgp|default([])+ [{'host': item.invocation.module_args.provider.host, 'inv_name': item.item,
                                                  'stdout_show_bgp': item.stdout.0, 'stdout_show_ip': item.stdout.1}] }}"
    loop: "{{ show_bgp.results }}"
  - debug: var=output_bgp
  - local_action: copy content={{ output_bgp }} dest=show
  - name: call lib to convert bgp info from xml to dict format
    base_xml_to_dict:
       cli_responses: "{{ item.stdout_show_bgp }}"
    with_items:
      - "{{ output_bgp }}"
    register: show_bgp_list
  - name: call lib to convert ip interface info from xml to dict format
    base_xml_to_dict:
       cli_responses: "{{ item.stdout_show_ip }}"
    with_items:
      - "{{ output_bgp }}"
    register: show_ip_intf_list
  - name: call lib for bgp validation
    bgp_validate:
      show_ip_bgp: "{{ show_bgp_list.results  }}"
      show_ip_intf_brief: "{{ show_ip_intf_list.results  }}"
      bgp_neighbors: "{{ intended_bgp_neighbors }}"

Authors

  • Senthil Kumar Ganesan (@skg-net)