Validate Configlets

Validate Configlet

cv_validate_v3 Online and Offline configlet validation:

• Validate configlet on CloudVision against a device (online validation)
• Validate local configlet against a device (offline validation)

Inputs

The documentation is available in the module section.

Input variables

• devices information
• validate_mode (stop_on_error, stop_on_warning, ignore)

Example

  - name: validate module
    arista.cvp.cv_validate_v3:
      devices: "{{CVP_DEVICES}}"
      validate_mode: stop_on_error

Example of offline configlet validation

- name: offline configlet validation
  hosts: cv_server
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    CVP_DEVICES:
      - device_name: leaf1
        search_type: serialNumber #[hostname | serialNumber | fqdn]
        local_configlets:
          valid: "interface Ethernet1\n  description test_validate"
          error: "ruter bgp 1111\n   neighbor 1.1.1.1 remote-bs 111"

  tasks:
    - name: validate module
      arista.cvp.cv_validate_v3:
        devices: "{{CVP_DEVICES}}"
        validate_mode: stop_on_error # | stop_on_warning | valid

Example of online configlet validation

- name: Online configlet validation
  hosts: cv_server
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    CVP_DEVICES:
      - device_name: leaf1
        search_type: fqdn #[hostname | serialNumber | fqdn]
        cvp_configlets:
          - valid
          - invalid

  tasks:
    - name: validate module
      arista.cvp.cv_validate_v3:
        devices: "{{CVP_DEVICES}}"
        validate_mode: stop_on_error # | stop_on_warning | valid

Validation Mode

Mode	Description
stop_on_error	Stop playbook execution when validation throws an error
stop_on_warning	Stop playbook execution when validation throws a warning or error
ignore	Ignore errors and warnings. Playbook execution does not stop

Module output

msg:
  changed: false
  configlets_validated:
    changed: false
    configlets_validated_count: 1
    configlets_validated_list:
    - validate_valid_on_serialNumber_validated
    diff: {}
    errors: []
    success: true
    taskIds: []
    warnings: []
  failed: false
  success: true
  taskIds: []

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Last update: July 5, 2023