Note
This module is part of the community.general collection (version 10.7.3).
You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.
To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install community.general. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.lldp.
lldpctl.The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
Parameter | Comments |
|---|---|
multivalues boolean | If lldpctl outputs an attribute multiple time represent all values as a list. Choices:
|
Attribute | Support | Description |
|---|---|---|
check_mode | Support: none | Can run in |
diff_mode | Support: none | Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in |
Note
lldpd running and LLDP enabled on switches.# Retrieve switch/port information
- name: Gather information from LLDP
community.general.lldp:
- name: Print each switch/port
ansible.builtin.debug:
msg: "{{ lldp[item]['chassis']['name'] }} / {{ lldp[item]['port']['ifname'] }}"
with_items: "{{ lldp.keys() }}"
# TASK: [Print each switch/port] ***********************************************************
# ok: [10.13.0.22] => (item=eth2) => {"item": "eth2", "msg": "switch1.example.com / Gi0/24"}
# ok: [10.13.0.22] => (item=eth1) => {"item": "eth1", "msg": "switch2.example.com / Gi0/3"}
# ok: [10.13.0.22] => (item=eth0) => {"item": "eth0", "msg": "switch3.example.com / Gi0/3"}
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https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/general/lldp_module.html