junos_interfaces – Manages interface attributes of Juniper Junos OS network devices

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• This module manages the interfaces on Juniper Junos OS network devices.

Requirements

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

• ncclient (>=v0.6.4)

Parameters

Notes

Examples

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/1 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-1";
#    speed 1g;
#    mtu 1800
# }
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-2";
#    ether-options {
#        auto-negotiation;
#    }
# }

- name: "Delete given options for the interface (Note: This won't delete the interface itself if any other values are configured for interface)"
  junos_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: ge-0/0/1
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-1'
        speed: 1g
        mtu: 1800
      - name: ge-0/0/2
        description: 'Configured by Ansible -2'
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    ether-options {
#        auto-negotiation;
#    }
# }


# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/1 {
#    description "test interface";
#    speed 1g;
# }

- name: "Merge provided configuration with device configuration (default operation is merge)"
  junos_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: ge-0/0/1
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-1'
        enabled: True
        mtu: 1800
      - name: ge-0/0/2
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-2'
        enabled: False
    state: merged

# After state:
# ------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/1 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-1";
#    speed 1g;
#    mtu 1800
# }
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    disable;
#    description "Configured by Ansible-2";
# }


# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/1 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-1";
#    speed 1g;
#    mtu 1800
# }
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    disable;
#    description "Configured by Ansible-2";
#    ether-options {
#        auto-negotiation;
#    }
# }
# ge-0/0/11 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-11";
# }

- name: "Override device configuration of all interfaces with provided configuration"
  junos_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: ge-0/0/2
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-2'
        enabled: False
        mtu: 2800
      - name: ge-0/0/3
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-3'
    state: overridden

# After state:
# ------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    disable;
#    description "Configured by Ansible-2";
#    mtu 2800
# }
# ge-0/0/3 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-3";
# }


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/1 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-1";
#    speed 1g;
#    mtu 1800
# }
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    disable;
#    mtu 1800;
#    speed 1g;
#    description "Configured by Ansible-2";
#    ether-options {
#        auto-negotiation;
#    }
# }
# ge-0/0/11 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-11";
# }

- name: "Replaces device configuration of listed interfaces with provided configuration"
  junos_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: ge-0/0/2
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-2'
        enabled: False
        mtu: 2800
      - name: ge-0/0/3
        description: 'Configured by Ansible-3'
    state: replaced

# After state:
# ------------
# user@junos01# show interfaces
# ge-0/0/1 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-1";
#    speed 1g;
#    mtu 1800
# }
# ge-0/0/2 {
#    disable;
#    description "Configured by Ansible-2";
#    mtu 2800
# }
# ge-0/0/3 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-3";
# }
# ge-0/0/11 {
#    description "Configured by Ansible-11";
# }

Return Values

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

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)