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community.network.ce_vrf – Manages VPN instance on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.network.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_vrf.
Synopsis
- Manages VPN instance of HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Description of the vrf, the string length is 1 - 242 .
         | 
     |
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Manage the state of the resource.
         | 
     
| vrf
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        VPN instance, the length of vrf name is 1 - 31, i.e. "test", but can not be  _public_.
        | 
     
Notes
Note
- If state=absent, the route will be removed, regardless of the non-required options.
 - This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
 - Recommended connection is 
netconf. - This module also works with 
localconnections for legacy playbooks. 
Examples
- name: Vrf module test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli
  tasks:
  - name: Config a vpn install named vpna, description is test
    community.network.ce_vrf:
      vrf: vpna
      description: test
      state: present
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Delete a vpn install named vpna
    community.network.ce_vrf:
      vrf: vpna
      state: absent
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| changed
        
        boolean
         | 
      always | 
        
        check to see if a change was made on the device
         Sample:
        
       
        True
         | 
     
| end_state
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        k/v pairs of switchport after module execution
         Sample:
        
       
        {'description': 'test', 'present': 'present', 'vrf': 'vpna'}
         | 
     
| existing
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        k/v pairs of existing switchport
          | 
     
| proposed
        
        dictionary
         | 
      always | 
        
        k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
         Sample:
        
       
        {'description': 'test', 'state': 'present', 'vrf': 'vpna'}
         | 
     
| updates
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        command list sent to the device
         Sample:
        
       
        ['ip vpn-instance vpna', 'description test']
         | 
     
Authors
- Yang yang (@QijunPan)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/network/ce_vrf_module.html