arista.eos.eos_banner module – Manage multiline banners on Arista EOS devices

Note

This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 10.0.1).

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_banner.

New in arista.eos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • This will configure both login and motd banners on remote devices running Arista EOS. It allows playbooks to add or remote banner text from the active running configuration.

Aliases: banner

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

banner

string / required

Specifies which banner that should be configured on the remote device.

Choices:

  • "login"

  • "motd"

state

string

Specifies whether or not the configuration is present in the current devices active running configuration.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

text

string

The banner text that should be present in the remote device running configuration. This argument accepts a multiline string. Requires state=present.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against Arista EOS 4.24.6F

Examples

- name: configure the login banner
  arista.eos.eos_banner:
    banner: login
    text: |
      this is my login banner
      that contains a multiline
      string
    state: present

- name: remove the motd banner
  arista.eos.eos_banner:
    banner: motd
    state: absent

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: ["banner login", "this is my login banner", "that contains a multiline", "string", "EOF"]

session_name

string

The EOS config session name used to load the configuration

Returned: if changes

Sample: "ansible_1479315771"

Authors

  • Peter Sprygada (@privateip)