Module cv_device_v3

cv_device_v3

Manage Provisioning topology.

Module added in version 3.0.0

Synopsis

CloudVision Portal Configlet configuration requires a dictionary of containers with their parent, to create and delete containers on CVP side. Returns number of created and/or deleted containers

Module-specific Options

The following options may be specified for this module:

parameter	type	required	default	choices	comments
apply_mode	str	no	loose	loose strict	Set how configlets are attached/detached on device. If set to strict all configlets not listed in your vars are detached.
devices	list	yes			List of devices with their container and configlets information
search_key	str	no	hostname	fqdn hostname serialNumber	Key name to use to look for device in Cloudvision.
state	str	no	present	present factory_reset	Set if ansible should build or remove devices on CLoudvision

Examples:

# task in loose mode using fqdn (default)
- name: Device Management in Cloudvision
  hosts: cv_server
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  collections:
    - arista.cvp
  vars:
    CVP_DEVICES:
      - fqdn: CV-ANSIBLE-EOS01
        parentContainerName: ANSIBLE
        configlets:
            - 'CV-EOS-ANSIBLE01'
  tasks:
    - name: "Configure devices on {{inventory_hostname}}"
      arista.cvp.cv_device_v3:
        devices: '{{CVP_DEVICES}}'
        state: present
        search_key: fqdn

# task in loose mode using serial
- name: Device Management in Cloudvision
  hosts: cv_server
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  collections:
    - arista.cvp
  vars:
    CVP_DEVICES:
      - serialNumber: xxxxxxxxxxxx
        parentContainerName: ANSIBLE
        configlets:
            - 'CV-EOS-ANSIBLE01'
  tasks:
    - name: "Configure devices on {{inventory_hostname}}"
      arista.cvp.cv_device_v3:
        devices: '{{CVP_DEVICES}}'
        state: present
        search_key: serialNumber

# task in strict mode
- name: Device Management in Cloudvision
  hosts: cv_server
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  collections:
    - arista.cvp
  vars:
    CVP_DEVICES:
      - fqdn: CV-ANSIBLE-EOS01
        parentContainerName: ANSIBLE
        configlets:
            - 'CV-EOS-ANSIBLE01'
  tasks:
    - name: "Configure devices on {{inventory_hostname}}"
      arista.cvp.cv_device_v3:
        devices: '{{CVP_DEVICES}}'
        state: present
        apply_mode: strict

Author

• Ansible Arista Team (@aristanetworks)

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Last update: July 22, 2022