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dellemc.os10.bgp_validate – Validate the bgp neighbor state,raise error if it is not in established state

Note

This plugin is part of the dellemc.os10 collection (version 1.1.1).

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 dellemc.os10.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.os10.bgp_validate.

Synopsis

  • Troubleshoot the bgp neighor state info using show ip bgp summary and show ip interface brief.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
bgp_neighbors
list / elements=string / required
planned neighbours input from group_var to compare actual
show_ip_bgp
list / elements=string / required
show ip bgp summary output
show_ip_intf_brief
list / elements=string / required
show ip interface brief output

Examples

Copy below YAML into a playbook (e.g. play.yml) and run as follows:

#$ ansible-playbook -i inv play.yml
name: Validate BGP configuration
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: False
tasks:
  - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show ip bgp summary"
    os10_command:
      commands:
        - command: "show ip bgp summary | display-xml"
        - command: "show ip interface brief | display-xml"
      provider: "{{ hostvars[item].cli }}"
    with_items: "{{ groups['all'] }}"
    register: show_bgp
  - set_fact:
       output_bgp:  "{{ output_bgp|default([])+ [{'host': item.invocation.module_args.provider.host, 'inv_name': item.item,
                                                  'stdout_show_bgp': item.stdout.0, 'stdout_show_ip': item.stdout.1}] }}"
    loop: "{{ show_bgp.results }}"
  - debug: var=output_bgp
  - local_action: copy content={{ output_bgp }} dest=show
  - name: call lib to convert bgp info from xml to dict format
    base_xml_to_dict:
       cli_responses: "{{ item.stdout_show_bgp }}"
    with_items:
      - "{{ output_bgp }}"
    register: show_bgp_list
  - name: call lib to convert ip interface info from xml to dict format
    base_xml_to_dict:
       cli_responses: "{{ item.stdout_show_ip }}"
    with_items:
      - "{{ output_bgp }}"
    register: show_ip_intf_list
  - name: call lib for bgp validation
    bgp_validate:
      show_ip_bgp: "{{ show_bgp_list.results  }}"
      show_ip_intf_brief: "{{ show_ip_intf_list.results  }}"
      bgp_neighbors: "{{ intended_bgp_neighbors }}"

Authors

  • Senthil Kumar Ganesan (@skg-net)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/dellemc/os10/bgp_validate_module.html