community.network.ce_ospf module – Manages configuration of an OSPF instance on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.0.0).

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 community.network.

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

Synopsis

  • Manages configuration of an OSPF instance on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

addr

string

Specifies the address of the network segment where the interface resides. The value is in dotted decimal notation.

area

string

Specifies the area ID. The area with the area-id being 0 is a backbone area. Valid values are a string, formatted as an IP address (i.e. “0.0.0.0”) or as an integer between 1 and 4294967295.

auth_key_id

string

Authentication key id when auth_mode is ‘hmac-sha256’, ‘md5’ or ‘hmac-md5. Valid value is an integer is in the range from 1 to 255.

auth_mode

string

Specifies the authentication type.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "hmac-sha256"

  • "md5"

  • "hmac-md5"

  • "simple"

auth_text_md5

string

Specifies a password for MD5, HMAC-MD5, or HMAC-SHA256 authentication. The value is a string of 1 to 255 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported.

auth_text_simple

string

Specifies a password for simple authentication. The value is a string of 1 to 8 characters.

mask

string

IP network wildcard bits in decimal format between 0 and 32.

max_load_balance

string

The maximum number of paths for forward packets over multiple paths. Valid value is an integer in the range from 1 to 64.

nexthop_addr

string

IPv4 address for configure next-hop address’s weight. Valid values are a string, formatted as an IP address.

nexthop_weight

string

Indicates the weight of the next hop. The smaller the value is, the higher the preference of the route is. It is an integer that ranges from 1 to 254.

process_id

string / required

Specifies a process ID. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 4294967295.

state

string

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

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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: Ospf module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no

  tasks:

  - name: Configure ospf
    community.network.ce_ospf:
      process_id: 1
      area: 100
      state: present

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: {"areas": [{"areaId": "0.0.0.100", "areaType": "Normal"}], "max_load_balance": "32", "nexthops": [], "process_id": "1"}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing configuration

Returned: verbose mode

Sample: {"areas": [], "max_load_balance": "32", "nexthops": [], "process_id": "1"}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: verbose mode

Sample: {"area": "100", "process_id": "1"}

updates

list / elements=string

commands sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["ospf 1", "area 0.0.0.100"]

Authors

  • QijunPan (@QijunPan)