FRR Platform Options

The FRR collection supports the ansible.netcommon.network_cli connection. This section provides details on how to use this connection for Free Range Routing (FRR).

• Connections available

• Using CLI in Ansible

  • Example CLI group_vars/frr.yml
  • Example CLI task

Connections available

	CLI
Protocol	SSH
Credentials	uses SSH keys / SSH-agent if present accepts -u myuser -k if using password
Indirect Access	via a bastion (jump host)
Connection Settings	ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
Enable Mode (Privilege Escalation)	not supported
Returned Data Format	stdout[0].

Using CLI in Ansible

Example CLI group_vars/frr.yml

ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
ansible_network_os: frr.frr.frr
ansible_user: frruser
ansible_password: !vault...
ansible_ssh_common_args: '-o ProxyCommand="ssh -W %h:%p -q bastion01"'

• The ansible_user should be a part of the frrvty group and should have the default shell set to /bin/vtysh.
• If you are using SSH keys (including an ssh-agent) you can remove the ansible_password configuration.
• If you are accessing your host directly (not through a bastion/jump host) you can remove the ansible_ssh_common_args configuration.
• If you are accessing your host through a bastion/jump host, you cannot include your SSH password in the ProxyCommand directive. To prevent secrets from leaking out (for example in ps output), SSH does not support providing passwords via environment variables.

Example CLI task

- name: Gather FRR facts
  frr.frr.frr_facts:
    gather_subset:
     - config
     - hardware