community.network.ce_bgp module – Manages BGP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 4.0.2).

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 community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_bgp.

Synopsis

  • Manages BGP configurations on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

as_number

string

Local AS number. The value is a string of 1 to 11 characters.

as_path_limit

string

Maximum number of AS numbers in the AS_Path attribute. The default value is 255.

bgp_rid_auto_sel

string

The function to automatically select router IDs for all VPN BGP instances is enabled.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

check_first_as

string

Check the first AS in the AS_Path of the update messages from EBGP peers.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

clear_interval

string

Clear interval.

confed_id_number

string

Confederation ID. The value is a string of 1 to 11 characters.

confed_nonstanded

string

Configure the device to be compatible with devices in a nonstandard confederation.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

confed_peer_as_num

string

Confederation AS number, in two-byte or four-byte format. The value is a string of 1 to 11 characters.

conn_retry_time

string

ConnectRetry interval. The value is an integer, in seconds. The default value is 32s.

default_af_type

string

Type of a created address family, which can be IPv4 unicast or IPv6 unicast. The default type is IPv4 unicast.

Choices:

  • "ipv4uni"

  • "ipv6uni"

ebgp_if_sensitive

string

If the value is true, After the fast EBGP interface awareness function is enabled, EBGP sessions on an interface are deleted immediately when the interface goes Down. If the value is false, After the fast EBGP interface awareness function is enabled, EBGP sessions on an interface are not deleted immediately when the interface goes Down.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

gr_peer_reset

string

Peer disconnection through GR.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

graceful_restart

string

Enable GR of the BGP speaker in the specified address family, peer address, or peer group.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

hold_interval

string

Hold interval.

hold_time

string

Hold time, in seconds. The value of the hold time can be 0 or range from 3 to 65535.

is_shutdown

string

Interrupt BGP all neighbor.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

keep_all_routes

string

If the value is true, the system stores all route update messages received from all peers (groups) after BGP connection setup. If the value is false, the system stores only BGP update messages that are received from peers and pass the configured import policy.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

keepalive_time

string

If the value of a timer changes, the BGP peer relationship between the routers is disconnected. The value is an integer ranging from 0 to 21845. The default value is 60.

memory_limit

string

Support BGP RIB memory protection.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

min_hold_time

string

Min hold time, in seconds. The value of the hold time can be 0 or range from 20 to 65535.

router_id

string

ID of a router that is in IPv4 address format.

state

string

Specify desired state of the resource.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

suppress_interval

string

Suppress interval.

time_wait_for_rib

string

Period of waiting for the End-Of-RIB flag. The value is an integer ranging from 3 to 3000. The default value is 600.

vrf_name

string

Name of a BGP instance. The name is a case-sensitive string of characters.

vrf_rid_auto_sel

string

If the value is true, VPN BGP instances are enabled to automatically select router IDs. If the value is false, VPN BGP instances are disabled from automatically selecting router IDs.

Choices:

  • "no_use" ← (default)

  • "true"

  • "false"

Notes

Note

  • This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.

  • Recommended connection is netconf.

  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: CloudEngine BGP test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: "Enable BGP"
    community.network.ce_bgp:
      state: present
      as_number: 100
      confed_id_number: 250
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Disable BGP"
    community.network.ce_bgp:
      state: absent
      as_number: 100
      confed_id_number: 250
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Create confederation peer AS num"
    community.network.ce_bgp:
      state: present
      confed_peer_as_num: 260
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

check to see if a change was made on the device

Returned: always

Sample: true

end_state

dictionary

k/v pairs of aaa params after module execution

Returned: always

Sample: {"bgp_enable": [["100"], ["true"]]}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing aaa server

Returned: always

Sample: {"bgp_enable": [["100"], ["true"]]}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: always

Sample: {"as_number": "100", "state\"": "present"}

updates

list / elements=string

command sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["bgp 100"]

Authors

  • wangdezhuang (@QijunPan)