ce_bgp – Manages BGP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• Manages BGP configurations on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
as_number -		Local AS number. The value is a string of 1 to 11 characters.
as_path_limit -		Maximum number of AS numbers in the AS_Path attribute. The default value is 255.
bgp_rid_auto_sel -	Choices: no_use ← true false	The function to automatically select router IDs for all VPN BGP instances is enabled.
check_first_as -	Choices: no_use ← true false	Check the first AS in the AS_Path of the update messages from EBGP peers.
clear_interval -		Clear interval.
confed_id_number -		Confederation ID. The value is a string of 1 to 11 characters.
confed_nonstanded -	Choices: no_use ← true false	Configure the device to be compatible with devices in a nonstandard confederation.
confed_peer_as_num -		Confederation AS number, in two-byte or four-byte format. The value is a string of 1 to 11 characters.
conn_retry_time -		ConnectRetry interval. The value is an integer, in seconds. The default value is 32s.
default_af_type -	Choices: ipv4uni ipv6uni	Type of a created address family, which can be IPv4 unicast or IPv6 unicast. The default type is IPv4 unicast.
ebgp_if_sensitive -	Choices: no_use ← true false	If the value is true, After the fast EBGP interface awareness function is enabled, EBGP sessions on an interface are deleted immediately when the interface goes Down. If the value is false, After the fast EBGP interface awareness function is enabled, EBGP sessions on an interface are not deleted immediately when the interface goes Down.
gr_peer_reset -	Choices: no_use ← true false	Peer disconnection through GR.
graceful_restart -	Choices: no_use ← true false	Enable GR of the BGP speaker in the specified address family, peer address, or peer group.
hold_interval -		Hold interval.
hold_time -		Hold time, in seconds. The value of the hold time can be 0 or range from 3 to 65535.
is_shutdown -	Choices: no_use ← true false	Interrupt BGP all neighbor.
keep_all_routes -	Choices: no_use ← true false	If the value is true, the system stores all route update messages received from all peers (groups) after BGP connection setup. If the value is false, the system stores only BGP update messages that are received from peers and pass the configured import policy.
keepalive_time -		If the value of a timer changes, the BGP peer relationship between the routers is disconnected. The value is an integer ranging from 0 to 21845. The default value is 60.
memory_limit -	Choices: no_use ← true false	Support BGP RIB memory protection.
min_hold_time -		Min hold time, in seconds. The value of the hold time can be 0 or range from 20 to 65535.
router_id -		ID of a router that is in IPv4 address format.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Specify desired state of the resource.
suppress_interval -		Suppress interval.
time_wait_for_rib -		Period of waiting for the End-Of-RIB flag. The value is an integer ranging from 3 to 3000. The default value is 600.
vrf_name -		Name of a BGP instance. The name is a case-sensitive string of characters.
vrf_rid_auto_sel -	Choices: no_use ← true false	If the value is true, VPN BGP instances are enabled to automatically select router IDs. If the value is false, VPN BGP instances are disabled from automatically selecting router IDs.

Notes

Note

• This module requires the netconf system service be enabled on the remote device being managed.
• Recommended connection is netconf.
• This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: CloudEngine BGP 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: "Enable BGP"
    ce_bgp:
      state: present
      as_number: 100
      confed_id_number: 250
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Disable BGP"
    ce_bgp:
      state: absent
      as_number: 100
      confed_id_number: 250
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Create confederation peer AS num"
    ce_bgp:
      state: present
      confed_peer_as_num: 260
      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 aaa params after module execution Sample: {'bgp_enable': [['100'], ['true']]}
existing dictionary	always	k/v pairs of existing aaa server Sample: {'bgp_enable': [['100'], ['true']]}
proposed dictionary	always	k/v pairs of parameters passed into module Sample: {'as_number': '100', 'state"': 'present'}
updates list	always	command sent to the device Sample: ['bgp 100']

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• wangdezhuang (@QijunPan)

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