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arista.eos.eos_interfaces module – Interfaces resource module

Note

This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 6.0.1).

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_interfaces.

New in arista.eos 1.0.0

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values

Synopsis 

This module manages the interface attributes of Arista EOS interfaces.

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
config list / elements=dictionary	The provided configuration
description string	Interface description
duplex string	Interface link status. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only. Values other than `auto` must also set speed. Ignored when speed is set above `1000`.
enabled boolean	Administrative state of the interface. Set the value to `true` to administratively enable the interface or `false` to disable it. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)
mode string	Manage Layer2 or Layer3 state of the interface. Applicable for Ethernet and port channel interfaces only. Choices: `"layer2"` `"layer3"`
mtu integer	MTU for a specific interface. Must be an even number between 576 and 9216. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only.
name string / required	Full name of the interface, e.g. GigabitEthernet1.
speed string	Interface link speed. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only.
running_config string	This option is used only with state parsed. The value of this option should be the output received from the EOS device by executing the command show running-config \| section ^interface. The state parsed reads the configuration from `running_config` option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module’s argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.
state string	The state of the configuration after module completion. Choices: `"merged"` ← (default) `"replaced"` `"overridden"` `"deleted"` `"parsed"` `"rendered"` `"gathered"`

Notes 

Note

Tested against Arista EOS 4.24.6F
This module works with connection network_cli. See the EOS Platform Options.

Examples 

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration
  arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      enabled: true
      mode: layer3
    - name: Ethernet2
      description: Configured by Ansible
      enabled: false
    state: merged

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
#    no switchport
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description "Configured by Ansible"
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

- name: Replaces device configuration of listed interfaces with provided configuration
  arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      enabled: true
    - name: Ethernet2
      description: Configured by Ansible
      enabled: false
    state: replaced

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description "Configured by Ansible"
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

- name: Overrides all device configuration with provided configuration
  arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      enabled: true
    - name: Ethernet2
      description: Configured by Ansible
      enabled: false
    state: overridden

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description "Configured by Ansible"
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
# !

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
#    no switchport
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

- name: Delete or return interface parameters to default settings
  arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    description "Management interface"
#    ip address dhcp
# !

# Using rendered

- name: Use Rendered to convert the structured data to native config
  arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1
      enabled: true
      mode: layer3
    - name: Ethernet2
      description: Configured by Ansible
      enabled: false
    state: merged

# Output:
# ------------

# - "interface Ethernet1"
# - "description "Interface 1""
# - "no swithcport"
# - "interface Ethernet2"
# - "description "Configured by Ansible""
# - "shutdown"
# - "interface Management1"
# - "description "Management interface""
# - "ip address dhcp"

# Using parsed
# parsed.cfg

# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description "Configured by Ansible"
#    shutdown
# !

- name: Use parsed to convert native configs to structured data
  arista.eos.interfaces:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

# Output
# parsed:
#     - name: Ethernet1
#       enabled: True
#       mode: layer2
#     - name: Ethernet2
#       description: 'Configured by Ansible'
#       enabled: False
#       mode: layer2

# Using gathered:

# Existing config on the device
# -----------------------------
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description "Configured by Ansible"
#    shutdown
# !

- name: Gather interfaces facts from the device
  arista.eos.interfaces:
    state: gathered

# output
# gathered:
#      - name: Ethernet1
#        enabled: True
#        mode: layer2
#      - name: Ethernet2
#        description: 'Configured by Ansible'
#        enabled: False
#        mode: layer2

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
after dictionary	The configuration as structured data after module completion. Returned: when changed Sample: `"The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above."`
before dictionary	The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation. Returned: always Sample: `"The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above."`
commands list / elements=string	The set of commands pushed to the remote device. Returned: always Sample: `["interface Ethernet2", "shutdown", "speed 10full"]`

Authors

Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)

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arista.eos.eos_interfaces module – Interfaces resource module

Synopsis

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values