containers.podman.podman_network – Manage podman networks

Note

This plugin is part of the containers.podman collection (version 1.8.1).

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 containers.podman.

To use it in a playbook, specify: containers.podman.podman_network.

New in version 1.0.0: of containers.podman

Synopsis

  • Manage podman networks with podman network command.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • podman

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
debug
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Return additional information which can be helpful for investigations.
disable_dns
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
disable dns plugin (default "false")
driver
string
Driver to manage the network (default "bridge")
executable
string
Default:
"podman"
Path to podman executable if it is not in the $PATH on the machine running podman
gateway
string
IPv4 or IPv6 gateway for the subnet
internal
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Restrict external access from this network (default "false")
ip_range
string
Allocate container IP from range
ipv6
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Enable IPv6 (Dual Stack) networking. You must pass a IPv6 subnet. The subnet option must be used with the ipv6 option.
macvlan
string
Create a Macvlan connection based on this device
name
string / required
Name of the network
opt
dictionary
Add network options. Currently 'vlan' and 'mtu' are supported.
mtu
integer
MTU size for bridge network interface.
vlan
integer
VLAN tag for bridge which enables vlan_filtering.
recreate
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Recreate network even if exists.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of network, default 'present'
subnet
string
Subnet in CIDR format

Examples

- name: Create a podman network
  containers.podman.podman_network:
    name: podman_network
  become: true

- name: Create internal podman network
  containers.podman.podman_network:
    name: podman_internal
    internal: true
    ip_range: 192.168.22.128/25
    subnet: 192.168.22.0/24
    gateway: 192.168.22.1
  become: true

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
network
list / elements=string
always
Facts from created or updated networks

Sample:
[{'cniVersion': '0.4.0', 'name': 'podman', 'plugins': [{'bridge': 'cni-podman0', 'ipMasq': True, 'ipam': {'ranges': [[{'gateway': '10.88.0.1', 'subnet': '10.88.0.0/16'}]], 'routes': [{'dst': '0.0.0.0/0'}], 'type': 'host-local'}, 'isGateway': True, 'type': 'bridge'}, {'capabilities': {'portMappings': True}, 'type': 'portmap'}, {'backend': 'iptables', 'type': 'firewall'}]}]


Authors

  • Sagi Shnaidman (@sshnaidm)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/containers/podman/podman_network_module.html