cluetrust/vyos.vyos

Ansible Network Collection for VyOS

VyOS Collection

The Ansible VyOS collection includes a variety of Ansible content to help automate the management of VyOS network appliances.

This collection has been tested against VyOS 1.1.8 (helium).

Ansible version compatibility

This collection has been tested against following Ansible versions: >=2.9.10.

For collections that support Ansible 2.9, please ensure you update your network_os to use the fully qualified collection name (for example, cisco.ios.ios). Plugins and modules within a collection may be tested with only specific Ansible versions. A collection may contain metadata that identifies these versions. PEP440 is the schema used to describe the versions of Ansible.

Supported connections

The VyOS collection supports network_cli connections.

Included content

Cliconf plugins

Name	Description
vyos.vyos.vyos	Use vyos cliconf to run command on VyOS platform

Modules

Name	Description
vyos.vyos.vyos_banner	Manage multiline banners on VyOS devices
vyos.vyos.vyos_bgp_address_family	BGP Address Family Resource Module.
vyos.vyos.vyos_bgp_global	BGP Global Resource Module.
vyos.vyos.vyos_command	Run one or more commands on VyOS devices
vyos.vyos.vyos_config	Manage VyOS configuration on remote device
vyos.vyos.vyos_facts	Get facts about vyos devices.
vyos.vyos.vyos_firewall_global	FIREWALL global resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_firewall_interfaces	FIREWALL interfaces resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_firewall_rules	FIREWALL rules resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_hostname	Manages hostname resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_interfaces	Interfaces resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_l3_interfaces	L3 interfaces resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_lag_interfaces	LAG interfaces resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_lldp_global	LLDP global resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_lldp_interfaces	LLDP interfaces resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_logging	Manage logging on network devices
vyos.vyos.vyos_logging_global	Logging resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_ntp_global	Manages ntp modules of Vyos network devices
vyos.vyos.vyos_ospf_interfaces	OSPF Interfaces Resource Module.
vyos.vyos.vyos_ospfv2	OSPFv2 resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_ospfv3	OSPFV3 resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_ping	Tests reachability using ping from VyOS network devices
vyos.vyos.vyos_prefix_lists	Prefix-Lists resource module for VyOS
vyos.vyos.vyos_route_maps	Route Map Resource Module.
vyos.vyos.vyos_snmp_server	Manages snmp_server resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_static_routes	Static routes resource module
vyos.vyos.vyos_system	Run set system commands on VyOS devices
vyos.vyos.vyos_user	Manage the collection of local users on VyOS device
vyos.vyos.vyos_vlan	Manage VLANs on VyOS network devices

Click the Content button to see the list of content included in this collection.

Installing this collection

You can install the VyOS collection with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

ansible-galaxy collection install vyos.vyos

You can also include it in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: vyos.vyos

Using this collection

This collection includes network resource modules.

Using modules from the VyOS collection in your playbooks

You can call modules by their Fully Qualified Collection Namespace (FQCN), such as vyos.vyos.vyos_static_routes. The following example task replaces configuration changes in the existing configuration on a VyOS network device, using the FQCN:

---
  - name: Replace device configurations of listed static routes with provided
      configurations
    register: result
    vyos.vyos.vyos_static_routes: &id001
      config:

        - address_families:

            - afi: ipv4
              routes:

                - dest: 192.0.2.32/28
                  blackhole_config:
                    distance: 2
                  next_hops:

                    - forward_router_address: 192.0.2.7

                    - forward_router_address: 192.0.2.8

                    - forward_router_address: 192.0.2.9
      state: replaced

NOTE: For Ansible 2.9, you may not see deprecation warnings when you run your playbooks with this collection. Use this documentation to track when a module is deprecated.

See Also:

• VyOS Platform Options
• Ansible Using collections for more details.

Contributing to this collection

We welcome community contributions to this collection. If you find problems, please open an issue or create a PR against the VyOS collection repository. See Contributing to Ansible-maintained collections for complete details.

You can also join us on:

• IRC - the #ansible-network irc.libera.chat channel
• Slack - https://ansiblenetwork.slack.com

See the Ansible Community Guide for details on contributing to Ansible.

Code of Conduct

This collection follows the Ansible project's Code of Conduct. Please read and familiarize yourself with this document.

Changelogs

Release notes

Release notes are available here.

Roadmap

More information

• Ansible network resources
• Ansible Collection overview
• Ansible User guide
• Ansible Developer guide
• Ansible Community code of conduct

Licensing

GNU General Public License v3.0 or later.

See LICENSE to see the full text.