community.network.ce_evpn_bgp_rr module – Manages RR for the VXLAN Network on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.1.0).

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_evpn_bgp_rr.

Note

The community.network collection has been deprecated and will be removed from Ansible 12. See the discussion thread for more information.

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

version 6.0.0

Why:

This collection and all content in it is unmaintained and deprecated.

Alternative:

Unknown.

Synopsis

  • Configure an RR in BGP-EVPN address family view on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Aliases: network.cloudengine.ce_evpn_bgp_rr

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

as_number

string / required

Specifies the number of the AS, in integer format. The value is an integer that ranges from 1 to 4294967295.

bgp_evpn_enable

string

Enable or disable the BGP-EVPN address family.

Choices:

  • "enable" ← (default)

  • "disable"

bgp_instance

string

Specifies the name of a BGP instance. The value of instance-name can be an integer 1 or a string of 1 to 31.

peer

string

Specifies the IPv4 address or the group name of a peer.

peer_type

string

Specify the peer type.

Choices:

  • "group_name"

  • "ipv4_address"

policy_vpn_target

string

Enable or disable the VPN-Target filtering.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

reflect_client

string

Configure the local device as the route reflector and the peer or peer group as the client of the route reflector.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

Notes

Note

  • Ensure that BGP view is existed.

  • The peer, peer_type, and reflect_client arguments must all exist or not exist.

  • Recommended connection is network_cli.

  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: BGP RR test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: "Configure BGP-EVPN address family view and ensure that BGP view has existed."
    community.network.ce_evpn_bgp_rr:
      as_number: 20
      bgp_evpn_enable: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Configure reflect client and ensure peer has existed."
    community.network.ce_evpn_bgp_rr:
      as_number: 20
      peer_type: ipv4_address
      peer: 192.8.3.3
      reflect_client: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Configure the VPN-Target filtering."
    community.network.ce_evpn_bgp_rr:
      as_number: 20
      policy_vpn_target: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Configure an RR in BGP-EVPN address family view."
    community.network.ce_evpn_bgp_rr:
      as_number: 20
      bgp_evpn_enable: enable
      peer_type: ipv4_address
      peer: 192.8.3.3
      reflect_client: enable
      policy_vpn_target: disable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

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 end attributes on the device

Returned: always

Sample: {"as_number": "20", "bgp_evpn_enable": "enable", "bgp_instance": null, "peer": "192.8.3.3", "peer_type": "ipv4_address", "policy_vpn_target": "disable", "reflect_client": "enable"}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing attributes on the device

Returned: always

Sample: {"as_number": "20", "bgp_evpn_enable": "disable", "bgp_instance": null, "peer": null, "peer_type": null, "policy_vpn_target": "disable", "reflect_client": "disable"}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: always

Sample: {"as_number": "20", "bgp_evpn_enable": "enable", "bgp_instance": null, "peer": "192.8.3.3", "peer_type": "ipv4_address", "policy_vpn_target": "disable", "reflect_client": "enable"}

updates

list / elements=string

command list sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["bgp 20", "  l2vpn-family evpn", "    peer 192.8.3.3 enable", "    peer 192.8.3.3 reflect-client", "    undo policy vpn-target"]

Status

  • This module will be removed in version 6.0.0. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Zhijin Zhou (@QijunPan)