mellanox.onyx.onyx_bgp – Configures BGP on Mellanox ONYX network devices

Note

This plugin is part of the mellanox.onyx collection (version 1.0.0).

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 mellanox.onyx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: mellanox.onyx.onyx_bgp.

Synopsis

This module provides declarative management of BGP router and neighbors on Mellanox ONYX network devices.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
as_number string / required			Local AS number.
ecmp_bestpath boolean		Choices: no yes	Enables ECMP across AS paths.
evpn boolean		Choices: no yes	Configure evpn peer-group.
fast_external_fallover boolean		Choices: no yes	will configure fast_external_fallover when it is True.
max_paths string			Maximum bgp paths.
neighbors string			List of neighbors. Required if state=present.
	multihop string		multihop number.
	neighbor string / required		Neighbor IP address.
	remote_as string / required		Remote AS number.
networks string			List of advertised networks.
purge boolean		Choices: no ← yes	will remove all neighbors when it is True.
router_id string			Router IP address.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	BGP state.
vrf string			vrf name.

Notes

Note

Tested on ONYX 3.6.4000

Examples

- name: Configure bgp
  onyx_bgp:
    as_number: 320
    router_id: 10.3.3.3
    neighbors:
      - remote_as: 321
        neighbor: 10.3.3.4
      - remote_as: 322
        neighbor: 10.3.3.5
        multihop: 250
    purge: True
    state: present
    networks:
      - 172.16.1.0/24
    vrf: default
    evpn: yes
    fast_external_fallover: yes
    max_paths: 32
    ecmp_bestpath: yes

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list / elements=string	always	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device. Sample: ['router bgp 320 vrf default', 'exit', 'router bgp 320 router-id 10.3.3.3 force', 'router bgp 320 vrf default bgp fast-external-fallover', 'router bgp 320 vrf default maximum-paths 32', 'router bgp 320 vrf default bestpath as-path multipath-relax force', 'router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor evpn peer-group', 'router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor evpn send-community extended', 'router bgp 320 vrf default address-family l2vpn-evpn neighbor evpn next-hop-unchanged', 'router bgp 320 vrf default address-family l2vpn-evpn neighbor evpn activate', 'router bgp 320 vrf default address-family l2vpn-evpn auto-create', 'router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor 10.3.3.4 remote-as 321', 'router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor 10.3.3.4 ebgp-multihop 250', 'router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor 10.3.3.5 remote-as 322', 'router bgp 320 vrf default network 172.16.1.0 /24']

Authors

Samer Deeb (@samerd), Anas Badaha (@anasb)

© 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/mellanox/onyx/onyx_bgp_module.html

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