openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_port – Manage Open vSwitch ports

Note

This plugin is part of the openvswitch.openvswitch collection (version 1.1.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install openvswitch.openvswitch.

To use it in a playbook, specify: openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_port.

New in version 1.0.0: of openvswitch.openvswitch

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
string / required
Name of bridge to manage
external_ids
dictionary
Default:
{}
Dictionary of external_ids applied to a port.
port
string / required
Name of port to manage on the bridge
set
string
Set a single property on a port.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Whether the port should exist
tag
string
VLAN tag for this port. Must be a value between 0 and 4095.
timeout
integer
Default:
5
How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond

Examples

# Creates port eth2 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_port:
    bridge: br-ex
    port: eth2
    state: present

# Creates port eth6
- openvswitch.openvswitch.openvswitch_port:
    bridge: bridge-loop
    port: eth6
    state: present
    set: Interface eth6

# Creates port vlan10 with tag 10 on bridge br-ex
- openvswitch.openvswitch.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.openvswitch.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

Authors

  • David Stygstra (@stygstra)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.10/collections/openvswitch/openvswitch/openvswitch_port_module.html