2.4 KiB
Arista Switch
This role configures Arista switches using the eos Ansible
modules. It provides a fairly minimal abstraction of the configuration
interface provided by the eos modules, allowing for application of
arbitrary switch configuration options.
Requirements
The Ansible network modules for Arista require EOS 4.15 or later.
The switches should be configured to allow SSH access.
Role Variables
arista_switch_provider is authentication provider information passed as the
provider argument to the eos modules.
arista_switch_config is a list of configuration lines to apply to the switch,
and defaults to an empty list.
arista_switch_interface_config contains interface configuration. It is a dict
mapping switch interface names to configuration dicts. Each dict may contain
the following items:
description- a description to apply to the interface.config- a list of per-interface configuration.
Dependencies
None
Example Playbook
The following playbook configures hosts in the arista-switches group.
It assumes host variables for each switch holding the host, username and
passwords. It applies global configuration for LLDP, and enables two
10G ethernet interfaces as switchports.
---
- name: Ensure Arista switches are configured
hosts: arista-switches
gather_facts: no
roles:
- role: arista-switch
arista_switch_provider:
host: "{{ switch_host }}"
username: "{{ switch_user }}"
password: "{{ switch_password }}"
transport: cli
authorize: yes
auth_pass: "{{ switch_auth_pass }}"
timeout: 60
arista_switch_config:
- "lldp run"
- "lldp tlv-select system-name"
- "lldp tlv-select management-address"
- "lldp tlv-select port-description"
arista_switch_interface_config:
Et4/5:
description: server-1
config:
- "no shutdown"
- "switchport"
Et4/7:
description: server-2
config:
- "no shutdown"
- "switchport"
Author Information
- Stig Telfer (stig@stackhpc.com)
Based on the dell-switch role by Mark Goddard (mark@stackhpc.com)