openvswitch_port - Manage Open vSwitch ports
New in version 1.4.
Synopsis
- Manage Open vSwitch ports
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ovs-vsctl
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| bridge
required
|
Name of bridge to manage
|
|
| external_ids
(added in 2.0)
|
Default:
{}
|
Dictionary of external_ids applied to a port.
|
| port
required
|
Name of port to manage on the bridge
|
|
| set
(added in 2.0)
|
Default:
None
|
Set a single property on a port.
|
| state |
|
Whether the port should exist
|
| tag
(added in 2.2)
|
VLAN tag for this port. Must be a value between 0 and 4095.
|
|
| timeout | Default:
5
|
How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond
|
Examples
# Creates port eth2 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: br-ex
port: eth2
state: present
# Creates port eth6
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: bridge-loop
port: eth6
state: present
set: Interface eth6
# Creates port vlan10 with tag 10 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: br-ex
port: vlan10
tag: 10
state: present
set: Interface vlan10
# Assign interface id server1-vifeth6 and mac address 00:00:5E:00:53:23
# to port vifeth6 and setup port to be managed by a controller.
- openvswitch_port:
bridge: br-int
port: vifeth6
state: present
args:
external_ids:
iface-id: '{{ inventory_hostname }}-vifeth6'
attached-mac: '00:00:5E:00:53:23'
vm-id: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
iface-status: active
Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Support
For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article
Author
- David Stygstra (@stygstra)
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