frr.frr.frr_bgp module – Configure global BGP settings on Free Range Routing(FRR).

Note

This module is part of the frr.frr collection (version 2.0.0).

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 frr.frr.

To use it in a playbook, specify: frr.frr.frr_bgp.

New in frr.frr 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module provides configuration management of global BGP parameters on devices running Free Range Routing(FRR).

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

config

dictionary

Specifies the BGP related configuration.

address_family

list / elements=dictionary

Specifies BGP address family related configurations.

afi

string / required

Type of address family to configure.

Choices:

  • "ipv4"

  • "ipv6"

neighbors

list / elements=dictionary

Specifies BGP neighbor related configurations in Address Family configuration mode.

activate

boolean

Enable the address family for this neighbor.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

maximum_prefix

integer

Maximum number of prefixes to accept from this peer.

The range is from 1 to 4294967295.

neighbor

string / required

Neighbor router address.

next_hop_self

boolean

Enable/disable the next hop calculation for this neighbor.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

remove_private_as

boolean

Remove the private AS number from outbound updates.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

route_reflector_client

boolean

Specify a neighbor as a route reflector client.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

route_server_client

boolean

Specify a neighbor as a route server client.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

networks

list / elements=dictionary

Specify networks to announce via BGP.

For operation replace, this option is mutually exclusive with root level networks option.

masklen

integer / required

Subnet mask length for the network to announce(e.g, 8, 16, 24, etc.).

prefix

string / required

Network ID to announce via BGP.

route_map

string

Route map to modify the attributes.

redistribute

list / elements=dictionary

Specifies the redistribute information from another routing protocol.

id

string

Specifies the instance ID/table ID for this protocol

Valid for ospf and table

metric

integer

Specifies the metric for redistributed routes.

protocol

string / required

Specifies the protocol for configuring redistribute information.

Choices:

  • "ospf"

  • "ospf6"

  • "eigrp"

  • "isis"

  • "table"

  • "static"

  • "connected"

  • "sharp"

  • "nhrp"

  • "kernel"

  • "babel"

  • "rip"

route_map

string

Specifies the route map reference.

safi

string

Specifies the type of cast for the address family.

Choices:

  • "flowspec"

  • "unicast" ← (default)

  • "multicast"

  • "labeled-unicast"

bgp_as

integer / required

Specifies the BGP Autonomous System (AS) number to configure on the device.

log_neighbor_changes

boolean

Enable/disable logging neighbor up/down and reset reason.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

neighbors

list / elements=dictionary

Specifies BGP neighbor related configurations.

advertisement_interval

integer

Minimum interval between sending BGP routing updates for this neighbor.

description

string

Neighbor specific description.

ebgp_multihop

integer

Specifies the maximum hop count for EBGP neighbors not on directly connected networks.

The range is from 1 to 255.

enabled

boolean

Administratively shutdown or enable a neighbor.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

local_as

integer

The local AS number for the neighbor.

neighbor

string / required

Neighbor router address.

password

string

Password to authenticate the BGP peer connection.

peer_group

string

Name of the peer group that the neighbor is a member of.

port

integer

The TCP Port number to use for this neighbor.

The range is from 0 to 65535.

remote_as

integer / required

Remote AS of the BGP neighbor to configure.

timers

dictionary

Specifies BGP neighbor timer related configurations.

holdtime

integer / required

Interval (in seconds) after not receiving a keepalive message that FRR declares a peer dead.

The range is from 0 to 65535.

keepalive

integer / required

Frequency (in seconds) with which the FRR sends keepalive messages to its peer.

The range is from 0 to 65535.

update_source

string

Source of the routing updates.

networks

list / elements=dictionary

Specify networks to announce via BGP.

For operation replace, this option is mutually exclusive with networks option under address_family.

For operation replace, if the device already has an address family activated, this option is not allowed.

masklen

integer / required

Subnet mask length for the network to announce(e.g, 8, 16, 24, etc.).

prefix

string / required

Network ID to announce via BGP.

route_map

string

Route map to modify the attributes.

router_id

string

Configures the BGP routing process router-id value.

operation

string

Specifies the operation to be performed on the BGP process configured on the device.

In case of merge, the input configuration will be merged with the existing BGP configuration on the device.

In case of replace, if there is a diff between the existing configuration and the input configuration, the existing configuration will be replaced by the input configuration for every option that has the diff.

In case of override, all the existing BGP configuration will be removed from the device and replaced with the input configuration.

In case of delete the existing BGP configuration will be removed from the device.

Choices:

  • "merge" ← (default)

  • "replace"

  • "override"

  • "delete"

Notes

Note

  • Tested against FRRouting 6.0.

Examples

- name: configure global bgp as 64496
  frr.frr.frr_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      router_id: 192.0.2.1
      log_neighbor_changes: true
      neighbors:
      - neighbor: 192.51.100.1
        remote_as: 64497
        timers:
          keepalive: 120
          holdtime: 360
      - neighbor: 198.51.100.2
        remote_as: 64498
      networks:
      - prefix: 192.0.2.0
        masklen: 24
        route_map: RMAP_1
      - prefix: 198.51.100.0
        masklen: 24
      address_family:
      - afi: ipv4
        safi: unicast
        redistribute:
        - protocol: ospf
          id: 223
          metric: 10
    operation: merge

- name: Configure BGP neighbors
  frr.frr.frr_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      neighbors:
      - neighbor: 192.0.2.10
        remote_as: 64496
        password: ansible
        description: IBGP_NBR_1
        timers:
          keepalive: 120
          holdtime: 360
      - neighbor: 192.0.2.15
        remote_as: 64496
        description: IBGP_NBR_2
        advertisement_interval: 120
    operation: merge

- name: Configure BGP neighbors under address family mode
  frr.frr.frr_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      address_family:
      - afi: ipv4
        safi: multicast
        neighbors:
        - neighbor: 203.0.113.10
          activate: yes
          maximum_prefix: 250

        - neighbor: 192.0.2.15
          activate: yes
          route_reflector_client: true
    operation: merge

- name: Configure root-level networks for BGP
  frr.frr.frr_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
      networks:
      - prefix: 203.0.113.0
        masklen: 27
        route_map: RMAP_1
      - prefix: 203.0.113.32
        masklen: 27
        route_map: RMAP_2
    operation: merge

- name: remove bgp as 64496 from config
  frr.frr.frr_bgp:
    config:
      bgp_as: 64496
    operation: delete

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: ["router bgp 64496", "bgp router-id 192.0.2.1", "neighbor 192.51.100.1 remote-as 64497", "neighbor 192.51.100.1 timers 120 360", "neighbor 198.51.100.2 remote-as 64498", "address-family ipv4 unicast", "redistribute ospf 223 metric 10", "exit-address-family", "bgp log-neighbor-changes", "network 192.0.2.0/24 route-map RMAP_1", "network 198.51.100.0/24", "exit"]

Authors

  • Nilashish Chakraborty (@NilashishC)