openvswitch_port - Manage Open vSwitch ports¶

Synopsis¶

• Manage Open vSwitch ports

Requirements (on host that executes module)¶

• ovs-vsctl

Options¶

Examples¶

# Creates port eth2 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch_port:
    bridge: br-ex
    port: eth2
    state: present

# Creates port eth6
- openvswitch_port:
    bridge: bridge-loop
    port: eth6
    state: present
    set: Interface eth6

# Creates port vlan10 with tag 10 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch_port:
    bridge: br-ex
    port: vlan10
    tag: 10
    state: present
    set: Interface vlan10

# Assign interface id server1-vifeth6 and mac address 00:00:5E:00:53:23
# to port vifeth6 and setup port to be managed by a controller.
- openvswitch_port:
    bridge: br-int
    port: vifeth6
    state: present
  args:
    external_ids:
      iface-id: '{{ inventory_hostname }}-vifeth6'
      attached-mac: '00:00:5E:00:53:23'
      vm-id: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
      iface-status: active