dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities module – Manage BGP community and its parameters

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.enterprise_sonic collection (version 3.0.0).

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 dellemc.enterprise_sonic.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities.

New in dellemc.enterprise_sonic 1.0.0

Synopsis

• This module provides configuration management of BGP bgp_communities for device running Enterprise SONiC Distribution by Dell Technologies.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
config list / elements=dictionary	A list of ‘bgp_communities’ configurations.
local_as boolean	Do not send outside local AS (well-known community); applicable for standard BGP community type. Choices: false true
match string	Matches any/all of the members. If unspecified, operational default value is ANY. Choices: "ALL" "ANY"
members dictionary	Members of this BGP community list.
aann list / elements=string added in dellemc.enterprise_sonic 3.0.0	Community number aa:nn format 0..65535:0..65535; applicable for standard BGP community type.
regex list / elements=string	Members of this BGP community list. Regular expression string can be given here. Applicable for expanded BGP community type.
name string / required	Name of the BGP community-list.
no_advertise boolean	Do not advertise to any peer (well-known community); applicable for standard BGP community type. Choices: false true
no_export boolean	Do not export to next AS (well-known community); applicable for standard BGP community type. Choices: false true
no_peer boolean	Do not export to next AS (well-known community); applicable for standard BGP community type. Choices: false true
permit boolean	Permits or denies this community. If unspecified, operational default value is False. Choices: false true
type string	Whether it is a standard or expanded community-list entry. If unspecified, operational default value is standard. Choices: "standard" "expanded"
state string	The state of the configuration after module completion. Choices: "merged" ← (default) "deleted" "replaced" "overridden"

Notes

Note

• Tested against Enterprise SONiC Distribution by Dell Technologies.

• Supports check_mode.

Examples

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302

- name: Delete a BGP community-list member
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
      - name: test1
        type: expanded
        permit: false
        members:
          regex:
            - 302
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101


# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302

- name: Delete a single BGP community-list
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
      - name: test
        type: standard
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302


# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302

- name: Delete All BGP community-lists
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
#


# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302

- name: Delete all members in a single BGP community-list
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
      - name: test1
        type: expanded
        members:
          regex:
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer


# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     permit 101
#     permit 302

- name: Add new BGP community-lists
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
      - name: test2
        type: expanded
        permit: true
        members:
          regex:
            - 909
      - name: test3
        type: standard
        permit: true
        no_peer: true
        members:
          aann:
            - 1000:10
    state: merged

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     permit 101
#     permit 302
# Expanded community list test2:   match: ANY
#     permit 909
# Standard community list test3:  match: ANY
#     permit 1000:10
#     permit no-peer


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302

- name: Replacing a single BGP community-list
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
      - name: test
        type: expanded
        members:
          regex:
            - 301
      - name: test2
        type: standard
        members:
          aann:
            - 1000:10
            - 2000:20
      - name: test3
        type: standard
        no_advertise: true
        no_peer: true
        permit: false
        match: ALL
    state: replaced

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Expanded community list test:   match: ANY
#     deny 301
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302
# Standard community list test2:  match: ANY
#     deny 1000:10
#     deny 2000:10
# Standard community list test3:  match: ALL
#     deny no-advertise
#     deny no-peer


# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Standard community list test:  match: ANY
#     permit local-as
#     permit no-peer
# Expanded community list test1:   match: ANY
#     deny 101
#     deny 302

- name: Override entire BGP community-lists
  dellemc.enterprise_sonic.sonic_bgp_communities:
    config:
      - name: test3
        type: expanded
        members:
          regex:
            - 301
    state: overridden

# After state:
# ------------
#
# show bgp community-list
# Expanded community list test3:   match: ANY
#     deny 301
#

Return Values

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

Key	Description
after list / elements=string	The resulting configuration module invocation. Returned: when changed Sample: ["The configuration that is returned is always in the same format as the parameters above.\n"]
before list / elements=string	The configuration prior to the module invocation. Returned: always Sample: ["The configuration that is returned is always in the same format as the parameters above.\n"]
commands list / elements=string	The set of commands that are pushed to the remote device. Returned: always Sample: ["command 1", "command 2", "command 3"]

Authors

• Kumaraguru Narayanan (@nkumaraguru)

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