nclu - Configure network interfaces using NCLU

• Synopsis
• Parameters
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status
• Maintenance
  • Author

Synopsis

• Interface to the Network Command Line Utility, developed to make it easier to configure operating systems running ifupdown2 and Quagga, such as Cumulus Linux. Command documentation is available at https://docs.cumulusnetworks.com/display/DOCS/Network+Command+Line+Utility

Parameters

Examples

- name: Add two interfaces without committing any changes
  nclu:
    commands:
        - add int swp1
        - add int swp2

- name: Modify hostname to Cumulus-1 and commit the change
  nclu:
    commands:
        - add hostname Cumulus-1
    commit: true

- name: Add 48 interfaces and commit the change.
  nclu:
    template: |
        {% for iface in range(1,49) %}
        add int swp{{iface}}
        {% endfor %}
    commit: true
    description: "Ansible - add swps1-48"

- name: Atomically add an interface
  nclu:
    commands:
        - add int swp1
    atomic: true
    description: "Ansible - add swp1"

- name: Configure BGP AS and add 2 EBGP neighbors using BGP Unnumbered
  nclu:
    commands:
        - add bgp autonomous-system 65000
        - add bgp neighbor swp51 interface remote-as external
        - add bgp neighbor swp52 interface remote-as external
    commit: true

Return Values

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

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Maintenance

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author

• Cumulus Networks