Try SpotterCollect facts from remote devices running Arista EOS
| "added in version" 2.2 of ansible.builtin"
Authors: Peter Sprygada (@privateip), Nathaniel Case (@Qalthos)
preview | supported by network
pipInstall with pip install ansible==2.9.17
Collects facts from Arista devices running the EOS operating system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the respective resource name. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.
- name: Gather all legacy facts
- eos_facts:
gather_subset: all
- name: Gather only the config and default facts
eos_facts:
gather_subset:
- config
- name: Do not gather hardware facts
eos_facts:
gather_subset:
- "!hardware"
- name: Gather legacy and resource facts
eos_facts:
gather_subset: all
gather_network_resources: all
- name: Gather only the interfaces resource facts and no legacy facts
- eos_facts:
gather_subset:
- '!all'
- '!min'
gather_network_resources:
- interfaces
- name: Gather all resource facts and minimal legacy facts
eos_facts:
gather_subset: min
gather_network_resources: all
provider:
description:
- B(Deprecated)
- 'Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using C(connection: network_cli).'
- 'Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using C(connection: httpapi) for eAPI.'
- This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.
- For more information please see the L(EOS Platform Options guide, ../network/user_guide/platform_eos.html).
- HORIZONTALLINE
- A dict object containing connection details.
suboptions:
auth_pass:
description:
- Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote
device. If I(authorize) is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value
is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS)
will be used instead.
type: str
authorize:
default: false
description:
- 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 C(ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE) will be used instead.
type: bool
host:
description:
- 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.
type: str
password:
description:
- Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This
is a common argument used for either I(cli) or I(eapi) transports. If the value
is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD)
will be used instead.
type: str
port:
default: 0
description:
- Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This
value applies to either I(cli) or I(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).
type: int
ssh_keyfile:
description:
- Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote
device. This argument is only used for I(cli) transports. If the value is not
specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE)
will be used instead.
type: path
timeout:
description:
- 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.
type: int
transport:
choices:
- cli
- eapi
default: cli
description:
- Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
type: str
use_proxy:
default: true
description:
- If C(no), the environment variables C(http_proxy) and C(https_proxy) will be
ignored.
type: bool
use_ssl:
default: true
description:
- Configures the I(transport) to use SSL if set to C(yes) only when the C(transport=eapi). If
the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
type: bool
username:
description:
- 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 C(ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME) will
be used instead.
type: str
validate_certs:
default: true
description:
- If C(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.
type: bool
type: dict
gather_subset:
default: '!config'
description:
- When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible
values for this argument include all, hardware, config, and interfaces. Can specify
a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial
C(M(!)) to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.
required: false
type: list
gather_network_resources:
description:
- When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset.
Possible values for this argument include all and the resources like interfaces,
vlans etc. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also
be used with an initial C(M(!)) to specify that a specific subset should not be
collected. Values can also be used with an initial C(M(!)) to specify that a specific
subset should not be collected. Valid subsets are 'all', 'interfaces', 'l2_interfaces',
'l3_interfaces', 'lacp', 'lacp_interfaces', 'lag_interfaces', 'lldp_global', 'lldp_interfaces',
'vlans'.
required: false
type: list
version_added: '2.9'
version_added_collection: ansible.builtin
ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses: description: All IPv4 addresses configured on the device returned: when interfaces is configured type: list ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses: description: All IPv6 addresses configured on the device returned: when interfaces is configured type: list ansible_net_api: description: The name of the transport returned: always type: str ansible_net_config: description: The current active config from the device returned: when config is configured type: str ansible_net_filesystems: description: All file system names available on the device returned: when hardware is configured type: list ansible_net_fqdn: description: The fully qualified domain name of the device returned: always type: str ansible_net_gather_network_resources: description: The list of fact for network resource subsets collected from the device returned: when the resource is configured type: list ansible_net_gather_subset: description: The list of fact subsets collected from the device returned: always type: list ansible_net_hostname: description: The configured hostname of the device returned: always type: str ansible_net_image: description: The image file the device is running returned: always type: str ansible_net_interfaces: description: A hash of all interfaces running on the system returned: when interfaces is configured type: dict ansible_net_memfree_mb: description: The available free memory on the remote device in Mb returned: when hardware is configured type: int ansible_net_memtotal_mb: description: The total memory on the remote device in Mb returned: when hardware is configured type: int ansible_net_model: description: The model name returned from the device returned: always type: str ansible_net_neighbors: description: The list of LLDP neighbors from the remote device returned: when interfaces is configured type: dict ansible_net_python_version: description: The Python version Ansible controller is using returned: always type: str ansible_net_serialnum: description: The serial number of the remote device returned: always type: str ansible_net_version: description: The operating system version running on the remote device returned: always type: str