arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces module – L3 interfaces resource module

Note

This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 9.0.0).

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 arista.eos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces.

New in arista.eos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of Layer 3 interfaces on Arista EOS devices.

Aliases: l3_interfaces

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

config

list / elements=dictionary

A dictionary of Layer 3 interface options

ipv4

list / elements=dictionary

List of IPv4 addresses to be set for the Layer 3 interface mentioned in name option.

address

string

IPv4 address to be set in the format <ipv4 address>/<mask> eg. 192.0.2.1/24, or dhcp to query DHCP for an IP address.

secondary

boolean

Whether or not this address is a secondary address.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

virtual

boolean

Whether or not this address is a virtual address.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

ipv6

list / elements=dictionary

List of IPv6 addresses to be set for the Layer 3 interface mentioned in name option.

address

string

IPv6 address to be set in the address format is <ipv6 address>/<mask> eg. 2001:db8:2201:1::1/64 or auto-config to use SLAAC to chose an address.

name

string / required

Full name of the interface, i.e. Ethernet1.

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"

  • "gathered"

  • "rendered"

Notes

Note

Examples

# Using merged

# 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: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1
        ipv4:
          - address: 198.51.100.14/24
      - name: Ethernet2
        ipv4:
          - address: 203.0.113.27/24
    state: merged

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - name: Ethernet1
# - name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# - interface Ethernet2
#   - ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 198.51.100.14/24
#   name: Ethernet1
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 203.0.113.27/24
#   name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    description Configured by Ansible
#    shutdown
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

- name: Override device configuration of all L2 interfaces on device with provided
    configuration.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1
        ipv6:
          - address: 2001:db8:feed::1/96
      - name: Ethernet2
        ipv4:
          - address: 203.0.113.27/24
      - ipv4:
          - address: dhcp
        name: Management1
    state: overridden

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 198.51.100.14/24
#   name: Ethernet1
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 203.0.113.27/24
#   name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# - no ip address
# after:
# - ipv6:
#   - address: 2001:db8:feed::1/96
#   name: Ethernet1
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 203.0.113.27/24
#   name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

- name: Replace device configuration of specified L2 interfaces with provided configuration.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet2
        ipv4:
          - address: 203.0.113.27/24
    state: replaced

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv6:
#   - address: 2001:db8:feed::1/96
#   name: Ethernet1
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 203.0.113.27/24
#   name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet2
# - ip address 203.0.113.28/24
# after:
# - ipv6:
#   - address: 2001:db8:feed::1/96
#   name: Ethernet1
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 203.0.113.28/24
#   name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1

# After state:
# ------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.28/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.28/24
# !
# interface Management1
#    ip address dhcp
#    dhcp client accept default-route

- name: Delete L3 attributes of given interfaces.
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1
      - name: Ethernet2
    state: deleted

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv6:
#   - address: 2001:db8:feed::1/96
#   name: Ethernet1
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 203.0.113.28/24
#   name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - no ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96
# - interface Ethernet2
# - no ip address
# after:
# - name: Ethernet1
# - name: Ethernet2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: Management1

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

# Using Parsed

# File: parsed.cfg
# ----------------
#
# veos#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !

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

# Module Execution Result:
# ------------------------
#
# parsed:
#  - name: Ethernet1
#    ipv4:
#      - address: 198.51.100.14/24
#  - name: Ethernet2
#    ipv4:
#      - address: 203.0.113.27/24

# Using rendered:

- name: Use Rendered to convert the structured data to native config
  arista.eos.eos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1
        ipv4:
          - address: 198.51.100.14/24
      - name: Ethernet2
        ipv4:
          - address: 203.0.113.27/24
    state: rendered

# Module Execution Result:
# ------------------------
#
# rendered:
# - interface Ethernet1
# - ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# - interface Ethernet2
# - ip address 203.0.113.27/24

# using gathered:

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# test#show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1
#    ip address 198.51.100.14/24
# !
# interface Ethernet2
#    ip address 203.0.113.27/24
# !

- name: Gather l3 interfaces facts from the device
  arista.eos.l3_interfaces:
    state: gathered

# Module Execution Result:
# ------------------------
#
# gathered:
#  - name: Ethernet1
#    ipv4:
#      - address: 198.51.100.14/24
#  - name: Ethernet2
#    ipv4:
#      - address: 203.0.113.27/24

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", "ip address 198.51.100.14/24", "ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96"]

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", "ip address 198.51.100.14/24", "ipv6 address 2001:db8:feed::1/96"]

Authors

  • Nathaniel Case (@Qalthos)