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arista.eos.eos_system module – Manage the system attributes on Arista EOS devices

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_system.

New in arista.eos 1.0.0

Synopsis 

This module provides declarative management of node system attributes on Arista EOS devices. It provides an option to configure host system parameters or remove those parameters from the device active configuration.

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
domain_list aliases: domain_search list / elements=string	Provides the list of domain suffixes to append to the hostname for the purpose of doing name resolution. This argument accepts a list of names and will be reconciled with the current active configuration on the running node.
domain_name string	Configure the IP domain name on the remote device to the provided value. Value should be in the dotted name form and will be appended to the `hostname` to create a fully-qualified domain name.
hostname string	Configure the device hostname parameter. This option takes an ASCII string value.
lookup_source list / elements=any	Provides one or more source interfaces to use for performing DNS lookups. The interface provided in `lookup_source` can only exist in a single VRF. This argument accepts either a list of interface names or a list of hashes that configure the interface name and VRF name. See examples.
name_servers list / elements=string	List of DNS name servers by IP address to use to perform name resolution lookups. This argument accepts either a list of DNS servers or a list of hashes that configure the name server and VRF name. See examples.
provider dictionary	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using `connection: httpapi` for eAPI. 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.
auth_pass string	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 `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize boolean	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 `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead. Choices: `false` ← (default) `true`
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 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 `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port integer	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: `0`
ssh_keyfile path	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 `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.
transport string	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. Choices: `"cli"` ← (default) `"eapi"`
use_proxy boolean	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
use_ssl boolean	Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=eapi`. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
username string	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 `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
validate_certs boolean	If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
state string	State of the configuration values in the device’s current active configuration. When set to present, the values should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the values should not be in the device active configuration Choices: `"present"` ← (default) `"absent"`

Notes 

Note

Tested against Arista EOS 4.24.6F
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: configure hostname and domain-name
  arista.eos.eos_system:
    hostname: eos01
    domain_name: test.example.com

- name: remove configuration
  arista.eos.eos_system:
    state: absent

- name: configure DNS lookup sources
  arista.eos.eos_system:
    lookup_source: Management1

- name: configure DNS lookup sources with VRF support
  arista.eos.eos_system:
    lookup_source:
    - interface: Management1
      vrf: mgmt
    - interface: Ethernet1
      vrf: myvrf

- name: configure name servers
  arista.eos.eos_system:
    name_servers:
    - 8.8.8.8
    - 8.8.4.4

- name: configure name servers with VRF support
  arista.eos.eos_system:
    name_servers:
    - {server: 8.8.8.8, vrf: mgmt}
    - {server: 8.8.4.4, vrf: mgmt}

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 Sample: `["hostname eos01", "dns domain test.example.com"]`
session_name string	The EOS config session name used to load the configuration Returned: changed Sample: `"ansible_1479315771"`

Authors

Peter Sprygada (@privateip)

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arista.eos.eos_system module – Manage the system attributes on Arista EOS devices

Synopsis

Parameters

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Examples

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