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arista.eos.eos_interfaces module – Interfaces resource module

Note

This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 6.2.2).

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 arista.eos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: arista.eos.eos_interfaces.

New in arista.eos 1.0.0

Synopsis 

This module manages the interface attributes of Arista EOS interfaces.

Aliases: 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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_eos.html

Examples 

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

- 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

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - no switchport
# - interface Ethernet2
# - shutdown
# - description Configured by Ansible
# after:
# - enabled: true
#   mode: layer3
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    no switchport
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    no switchport
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

- 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

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - enabled: true
#   mode: layer3
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - switchport
# after:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

- 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

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Management1
# - no shutdown
# after:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

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

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - no shutdown
# after:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using rendered

- name: Render the provided configuration into platform specific configuration lines
  arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1
        enabled: true
        mode: layer3
      - name: Ethernet2
        description: Configured by Ansible
        enabled: false
    state: rendered

# Module Execution Result:
# ------------------------
#
# rendered:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - no shutdown
# - no switchport
# - interface Ethernet2
# - shutdown
# - description Configured by Ansible

# Using Parsed

# File: parsed.cfg
# ----------------
#
# interface Ethernet1
#    description "Interface 1"
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description "Configured by Ansible"
#    shutdown
# !

- name: Parse the commands for provided configuration
  arista.eos.interfaces:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

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

# Using Gathered

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

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

# Module Execution Result:
# ------------------------
#
# gathered:
# - enabled: true
#   name: Ethernet1
# - description: Configured by Ansible
#   enabled: false
#   name: Ethernet2
# - enabled: true
#   name: Management1

Return Values 

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

Key	Description
after dictionary	The resulting configuration after module execution. Returned: when changed Sample: `"This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"`
before dictionary	The configuration prior to the module execution. Returned: when state is `merged`, `replaced`, `overridden`, `deleted` or `purged` Sample: `"This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"`
commands list / elements=string	The set of commands pushed to the remote device. Returned: when state is `merged`, `replaced`, `overridden`, `deleted` or `purged` Sample: `["interface Ethernet1", "no shutdown", "no switchport"]`
gathered list / elements=string	Facts about the network resource gathered from the remote device as structured data. Returned: when state is `gathered` Sample: `["This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"]`
parsed list / elements=string	The device native config provided in running_config option parsed into structured data as per module argspec. Returned: when state is `parsed` Sample: `["This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.\n"]`
rendered list / elements=string	The provided configuration in the task rendered in device-native format (offline). Returned: when state is `rendered` Sample: `["interface Ethernet1", "no shutdown", "no switchport"]`

Authors

Nathaniel Case (@Qalthos)

arista.eos.eos_interfaces module – Interfaces resource module

Synopsis

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values