eos_vrf – Manage VRFs on Arista EOS network devices — Ansible Documentation

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# eos_vrf – Manage VRFs on Arista EOS network devices

New in version 2.4.

- Synopsis
- Parameters
- Notes
- Examples
- Return Values
- Status

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of VRFs on Arista EOS network devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aggregate - |  | List of VRFs definitions
associated_interfaces - added in 2.5 |  | This is a intent option and checks the operational state of the for given vrf `name` for associated interfaces. If the value in the `associated_interfaces` does not match with the operational state of vrf interfaces on device it will result in failure.
auth_pass string |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
delay - | Default: 10 | Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state arguments.
interfaces - |  | Identifies the set of interfaces that should be configured in the VRF. Interfaces must be routed interfaces in order to be placed into a VRF. The name of interface should be in expanded format and not abbreviated.
name - / required |  | Name of the VRF.
provider dictionary |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
| auth_pass string |  | Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
| authorize boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
| host string / required |  | 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.
| password string |  | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: 0 | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
| ssh_keyfile path |  | Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
| timeout integer |  | 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.
| transport string / required | Choices: cli ← eapi | Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
| use_proxy boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no yes ← | If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
| use_ssl boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=eapi`. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
| validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
purge boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Purge VRFs not defined in the aggregate parameter.
rd - |  | Route distinguisher of the VRF
state - | Choices: present ← absent | State of the VRF configuration.

## Notes

Note

- Tested against EOS 4.15
- For information on using CLI, eAPI and privileged mode see the EOS Platform Options guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
- For more information on using Ansible to manage Arista EOS devices see the Arista integration page.

## Examples

    - name: Create vrf
      eos_vrf:
        name: test
        rd: 1:200
        interfaces:
          - Ethernet2
        state: present

    - name: Delete VRFs
      eos_vrf:
        name: test
        state: absent

    - name: Create aggregate of VRFs with purge
      eos_vrf:
        aggregate:
          - { name: test4, rd: "1:204" }
          - { name: test5, rd: "1:205" }
        state: present
        purge: yes

    - name: Delete aggregate of VRFs
      eos_vrf:
        aggregate:
          - name: test2
          - name: test3
          - name: test4
          - name: test5
        state: absent

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
commands list | always | The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['vrf definition test', 'rd 1:100', 'interface Ethernet1', 'vrf forwarding test']

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

### Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

### Authors

- Ricardo Carrillo Cruz (@rcarrillocruz)

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