community.network.ce_vxlan_global module – Manages global attributes of VXLAN and bridge domain on HUAWEI CloudEngine devices.

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_vxlan_global.

Synopsis

  • Manages global attributes of VXLAN and bridge domain on HUAWEI CloudEngine devices.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bridge_domain_id

string

Specifies a bridge domain ID. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 16777215.

nvo3_acl_extend

string

Enabling or disabling the VXLAN ACL extension function.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

nvo3_ecmp_hash

string

Load balancing of VXLAN packets through ECMP in optimized mode.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

nvo3_eth_trunk_hash

string

Eth-Trunk from load balancing VXLAN packets in optimized mode.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

nvo3_gw_enhanced

string

Configuring the Layer 3 VXLAN Gateway to Work in Non-loopback Mode.

Choices:

  • "l2"

  • "l3"

nvo3_prevent_loops

string

Loop prevention of VXLAN traffic in non-enhanced mode. When the device works in non-enhanced mode, inter-card forwarding of VXLAN traffic may result in loops.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

nvo3_service_extend

string

Enabling or disabling the VXLAN service extension function.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

state

string

Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

tunnel_mode_vxlan

string

Set the tunnel mode to VXLAN when configuring the VXLAN feature.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

Notes

Note

  • Recommended connection is network_cli.

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

Examples

- name: Vxlan global module test
  hosts: ce128
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: Create bridge domain and set tunnel mode to VXLAN
    community.network.ce_vxlan_global:
      bridge_domain_id: 100
      nvo3_acl_extend: enable
      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 configuration after module execution

Returned: verbose mode

Sample: {"bridge_domain_id": {"100": null, "80": null, "90": null}, "nvo3_acl_extend": "enable"}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing configuration

Returned: verbose mode

Sample: {"bridge_domain": {"80": null, "90": null}, "nvo3_acl_extend": "disable"}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: verbose mode

Sample: {"bridge_domain_id": "100", "nvo3_acl_extend": "enable", "state=\"present\"": null}

updates

list / elements=string

commands sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["bridge-domain 100", "ip tunnel mode vxlan"]

Authors

  • QijunPan (@QijunPan)