onyx_bgp – Configures BGP on Mellanox ONYX network devices

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

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

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
as_number - / required			Local AS number.
ecmp_bestpath boolean added in 2.9		Choices: no yes	Enables ECMP across AS paths.
evpn boolean added in 2.9		Choices: no yes	Configure evpn peer-group.
fast_external_fallover boolean added in 2.9		Choices: no yes	will configure fast_external_fallover when it is True.
max_paths - added in 2.9			Maximum bgp paths.
neighbors -			List of neighbors. Required if state=present.
	multihop -		multihop number.
	neighbor - / required		Neighbor IP address.
	remote_as - / required		Remote AS number.
networks -			List of advertised networks.
purge boolean added in 2.8		Choices: no ← yes	will remove all neighbors when it is True.
router_id -			Router IP address.
state -		Choices: present ← absent	BGP state.
vrf - added in 2.9			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	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']

Status

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

Authors

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

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