vyos_system - Run set system commands on VyOS devices¶

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Runs one or more commands on remote devices running VyOS. This module can also be introspected to validate key parameters before returning successfully.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
domain_name		The new domain name to apply to the device.
domain_search		A list of domain names to search. Mutually exclusive with name_server
host_name		Configure the device hostname parameter. This option takes an ASCII string value.
name_servers		A list of name servers to use with the device. Mutually exclusive with domain_search aliases: name_server
provider		Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the Network Guide. A dict object containing connection details.
username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
host 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.
ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
timeout	Default: 10	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.
password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
state	Choices: present ← absent	Whether to apply (`present`) or remove (`absent`) the settings.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against VYOS 1.1.7
For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

Examples ¶

- name: configure hostname and domain-name
  vyos_system:
    host_name: vyos01
    domain_name: test.example.com

- name: remove all configuration
  vyos_system:
    state: absent

- name: configure name servers
  vyos_system:
    name_servers
      - 8.8.8.8
      - 8.8.4.4

- name: configure domain search suffixes
  vyos_system:
    domain_search:
      - sub1.example.com
      - sub2.example.com

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: ['set system hostname vyos01', 'set system domain-name foo.example.com']

Status ¶

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)

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