junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan module – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage VLANs on Juniper JUNOS network devices

Note

This module is part of the junipernetworks.junos collection (version 3.1.0).

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 junipernetworks.junos. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan.

New in junipernetworks.junos 1.0.0

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

major release after 2022-06-01

Why:

Updated modules released with more functionality

Alternative:

Use junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlans instead.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of VLANs on Juniper JUNOS network devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ncclient (>=v0.5.2)

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

active

boolean

Specifies whether or not the configuration is active or deactivated

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

aggregate

list / elements=dictionary

List of VLANs definitions.

active

boolean

Specifies whether or not the configuration is active or deactivated

Choices:

  • false

  • true

description

string

Text description of VLANs.

filter_input

string

The name of input filter.

filter_output

string

The name of output filter.

interfaces

list / elements=string

List of interfaces to check the VLAN has been configured correctly.

l3_interface

string

Name of logical layer 3 interface.

name

string / required

Name of the VLAN.

state

string

State of the VLAN configuration.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent"

vlan_id

integer

ID of the VLAN. Range 1-4094.

description

string

Text description of VLANs.

filter_input

string

The name of input filter.

filter_output

string

The name of output filter.

interfaces

list / elements=string

List of interfaces to check the VLAN has been configured correctly.

l3_interface

string

Name of logical layer 3 interface.

name

string

Name of the VLAN.

provider

dictionary

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli or connection: netconf.

For more information please see the Junos OS Platform Options guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

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 value is used to authenticate the SSH session. 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. The port value will default to the well known SSH port of 22 (for transport=cli) or port 830 (for transport=netconf) device.

ssh_keyfile

path

Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. 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"

  • "netconf" ← (default)

username

string

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

state

string

State of the VLAN configuration.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

vlan_id

integer

ID of the VLAN. Range 1-4094.

Notes

Note

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

  • Tested against vSRX JUNOS version 15.1X49-D15.4, vqfx-10000 JUNOS Version 15.1X53-D60.4.

  • Recommended connection is netconf. See the Junos OS Platform Options.

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

  • For information on using CLI and netconf see the :ref:`Junos OS Platform Options guide <junos_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 Juniper network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-juniper.

Examples

- name: configure VLAN ID and name
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    name: test
    vlan_id: 20

- name: Link to logical layer 3 interface
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    name: test
    vlan_id: 20
    l3-interface: vlan.20

- name: remove VLAN configuration
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    name: test
    state: absent

- name: deactive VLAN configuration
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    name: test
    state: present
    active: false

- name: activate VLAN configuration
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    name: test
    state: present
    active: true

- name: Create vlan configuration using aggregate
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    aggregate:
    - {vlan_id: 159, name: test_vlan_1, description: test vlan-1}
    - {vlan_id: 160, name: test_vlan_2, description: test vlan-2}

- name: Delete vlan configuration using aggregate
  junipernetworks.junos.junos_vlan:
    aggregate:
    - {vlan_id: 159, name: test_vlan_1}
    - {vlan_id: 160, name: test_vlan_2}
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

diff.prepared

string

Configuration difference before and after applying change.

Returned: when configuration is changed and diff option is enabled.

Sample: "[edit vlans] +   test-vlan-1 { +       vlan-id 60; +   }\n"

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)