arista.eos.eos_facts module – Collect facts from remote devices running Arista EOS
Note
This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 5.0.1).
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 arista.eos
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: arista.eos.eos_facts
.
New in arista.eos 1.0.0
Synopsis
Collects facts from Arista devices running the EOS operating system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the respective resource name. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.
Parameters
Parameter |
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When ‘True’ a list of network resources for which resource modules are available will be provided. Choices:
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When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all and the resources like interfaces, vlans etc. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial |
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When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include Default: |
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Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details. |
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Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable Choices:
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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. |
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Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task (cli=22, http=80, https=443). Default: |
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Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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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. |
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Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. Choices:
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If Choices:
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Configures the transport to use SSL if set to Choices:
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Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable |
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If Choices:
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Notes
Note
For information on using CLI, eAPI and privileged mode see the :ref:`EOS Platform Options guide <eos_platform_options>`
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`
For more information on using Ansible to manage Arista EOS devices see the `Arista integration page <https://www.ansible.com/ansible-arista-networks>`_.
Examples
- name: Gather all legacy facts
- arista.eos.eos_facts:
gather_subset: all
- name: Gather only the config and default facts
arista.eos.eos_facts:
gather_subset:
- config
- name: Do not gather hardware facts
arista.eos.eos_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!hardware'
- name: Gather legacy and resource facts
arista.eos.eos_facts:
gather_subset: all
gather_network_resources: all
- name: Gather only the interfaces resource facts and no legacy facts
- arista.eos.eos_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!all'
- '!min'
gather_network_resources:
- interfaces
- name: Gather all resource facts and minimal legacy facts
arista.eos.eos_facts:
gather_subset: min
gather_network_resources: all
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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All IPv4 addresses configured on the device Returned: when interfaces is configured |
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All IPv6 addresses configured on the device Returned: when interfaces is configured |
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The name of the transport Returned: always |
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The current active config from the device Returned: when config is configured |
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All file system names available on the device Returned: when hardware is configured |
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The fully qualified domain name of the device Returned: always |
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The list of fact for network resource subsets collected from the device Returned: when the resource is configured |
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The list of fact subsets collected from the device Returned: always |
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The configured hostname of the device Returned: always |
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The image file the device is running Returned: always |
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A hash of all interfaces running on the system Returned: when interfaces is configured |
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The available free memory on the remote device in Mb Returned: when hardware is configured |
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The total memory on the remote device in Mb Returned: when hardware is configured |
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The model name returned from the device Returned: always |
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The list of LLDP neighbors from the remote device Returned: when interfaces is configured |
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The Python version Ansible controller is using Returned: always |
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The serial number of the remote device Returned: always |
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The operating system version running on the remote device Returned: always |