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vyos_facts - Collect facts from remote devices running VyOS

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running VyOS. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with ansible_net_<fact>. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
gather_subset
 no !config
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all, default, config, and neighbors. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial ! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.
provider
 no
A dict object containing connection details.
Dictionary object provider
parameter required default choices comments
username
 no
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
host
 yes
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
ssh_keyfile
 no
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
 no 10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password
 no
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
 no 22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.

Examples

- name: collect all facts from the device
  vyos_facts:
    gather_subset: all

- name: collect only the config and default facts
  vyos_facts:
    gather_subset: config

- name: collect everything exception the config
  vyos_facts:
    gather_subset: "!config"

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
ansible_net_commits
The set of available configuration revisions
when present list
ansible_net_config
The running-config from the device
when config is configured str
ansible_net_gather_subset
The list of subsets gathered by the module
always list
ansible_net_hostname
The configured system hostname
always str
ansible_net_model
The device model string
always str
ansible_net_neighbors
The set of LLDP neighbors
when interface is configured list
ansible_net_serialnum
The serial number of the device
always str
ansible_net_version
The version of the software running
always str

Notes

Note

  • Tested against VYOS 1.1.7

Status

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

Maintenance Info

For more information about Red Hat’s this support of this module, please refer to this knowledge base article<https://access.redhat.com/articles/rhel-top-support-policies>

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