Installation using GIT

Setup using Git to install collection

You can git clone this repository and use examples folder for testing. This folder contains a set of pre-configured playbook and ansible configuration:

Clone repository

$ git clone https://github.com/aristanetworks/ansible-cvp.git
$ cd ansible-cvp

Build and install collection

$ ansible-galaxy collection build --force ansible_collections/arista/cvp
$ ansible-galaxy collection install arista-cvp-<VERSION>.tar.gz

Setup using Git for local testing.

Clone repository

# Clone repository
$ git clone https://github.com/aristanetworks/ansible-cvp.git

# Move to git folder
cd ansible-cvp

Install python virtual-environment

# Install virtualenv if not part of your system
$ python -m pip install virtualenv

Create virtual environment

# Create a virtual env named .venv
$ virtualenv --no-site-packages -p $(which python2.7) .venv

# Activate virtualenv
$ source .venv/bin/activate

Install collection requirements

# Install repsoitory requirements
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

(Optional) Update your ansible.cfg

Only if you want to use your own playbooks outside of __examples/__folder of the repository.

# Get your current location
$ pwd
/path/to/ansible/cvp/collection_repository

# Update your ansible.cfg
$ vim ansible.cfg
collections_paths = /path/to/ansible/cvp/collection_repository