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openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_bridge – Manage Open vSwitch bridges

Note

This plugin is part of the openvswitch.openvswitch collection (version 1.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install openvswitch.openvswitch.

To use it in a playbook, specify: openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_bridge.

New in version 1.0.0: of openvswitch.openvswitch

Synopsis

  • Manage Open vSwitch bridges

Requirements

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

  • ovs-vsctl

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
bridge
string / required
Name of bridge or fake bridge to manage
external_ids
dictionary
A dictionary of external-ids. Omitting this parameter is a No-op. To clear all external-ids pass an empty value.
fail_mode
string
Set bridge fail-mode. The default value (None) is a No-op.
parent
string
Bridge parent of the fake bridge to manage
set
string
Run set command after bridge configuration. This parameter is non-idempotent, play will always return changed state if present
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the bridge should exist
timeout
integer
Default:
5
How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond
vlan
integer
The VLAN id of the fake bridge to manage (must be between 0 and 4095). This parameter is required if parent parameter is set.

Examples

# Create a bridge named br-int
- openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_bridge:
    bridge: br-int
    state: present

# Create a fake bridge named br-int within br-parent on the VLAN 405
- openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_bridge:
    bridge: br-int
    parent: br-parent
    vlan: 405
    state: present

# Create an integration bridge
- openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_bridge:
    bridge: br-int
    state: present
    fail_mode: secure
  args:
    external_ids:
      bridge-id: br-int

Authors

  • David Stygstra (@stygstra)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/openvswitch/openvswitch/openvswitch_bridge_module.html