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# eos_interface – Manage Interface on Arista EOS network devices

New in version 2.5.

- DEPRECATED

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible

  version: 2.13

Why

  Updated modules released with more functionality

Alternative

  eos_interfaces

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Arista EOS network devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
aggregate list |  | List of Interfaces definitions. Each of the entry in aggregate list should define name of interface `name` and other options as required.
auth_pass string |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
delay integer | Default: 10 | Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values `up`/`down`, tx_rate and rx_rate.
description string |  | Description of Interface upto 240 characters.
enabled boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Interface link status. If the value is True the interface state will be enabled, else if value is False interface will be in disable (shutdown) state.
mtu string |  | Set maximum transmission unit size in bytes of transmit packet for the interface given in `name` option.
name string / required |  | Name of the Interface to be configured on remote device. The name of interface should be in expanded format and not abbreviated.
neighbors list |  | Check the operational state of given interface `name` for LLDP neighbor. The following suboptions are available.
| host - |  | LLDP neighbor host for given interface `name`.
| port - |  | LLDP neighbor port to which given interface `name` is connected.
provider dictionary |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. This option is only required if you are using eAPI. For more information please see the EOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
| auth_pass string |  | Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
| authorize boolean | Choices: no ← yes | Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
| host string / required |  | Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
| password string |  | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or eapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: 0 | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or eapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
| ssh_keyfile path |  | Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
| timeout integer |  | Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
| transport string / required | Choices: cli ← eapi | Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
| use_proxy boolean added in 2.5 | Choices: no yes ← | If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
| use_ssl boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Configures the transport to use SSL if set to `yes` only when the `transport=eapi`. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the eAPI authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
| validate_certs boolean | Choices: no yes ← | If `no`, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not eapi, this value is ignored.
rx_rate string |  | Receiver rate in bits per second (bps) for the interface given in `name` option. This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed string |  | This option configures autoneg and speed/duplex/flowcontrol for the interface given in `name` option.
state string | Choices: present ← absent up down | State of the Interface configuration, `up` means present and operationally up and `down` means present and operationally `down`
tx_rate string |  | Transmit rate in bits per second (bps) for the interface given in `name` option. This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

## Notes

Note

- Tested against EOS 4.15

- For information on using CLI, eAPI and privileged mode see the EOS Platform Options guide

- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

- For more information on using Ansible to manage Arista EOS devices see the Arista integration page.

## Examples

    - name: configure interface
      eos_interface:
          name: ethernet1
          description: test-interface
          speed: 100full
          mtu: 512

    - name: remove interface
      eos_interface:
        name: ethernet1
        state: absent

    - name: make interface up
      eos_interface:
        name: ethernet1
        enabled: True

    - name: make interface down
      eos_interface:
        name: ethernet1
        enabled: False

    - name: Check intent arguments
      eos_interface:
        name: ethernet1
        state: up
        tx_rate: ge(0)
        rx_rate: le(0)

    - name: Check neighbors intent arguments
      eos_interface:
        name: ethernet1
        neighbors:
        - port: eth0
          host: netdev

    - name: Configure interface in disabled state and check if the operational state is disabled or not
      eos_interface:
        name: ethernet1
        enabled: False
        state: down

    - name: Add interface using aggregate
      eos_interface:
        aggregate:
        - { name: ethernet1, mtu: 256, description: test-interface-1 }
        - { name: ethernet2, mtu: 516, description: test-interface-2 }
        speed: 100full
        state: present

    - name: Delete interface using aggregate
      eos_interface:
        aggregate:
        - name: loopback9
        - name: loopback10
        state: absent

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
commands list | always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device. | The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device. Sample: ['interface ethernet1', 'description test-interface', 'speed 100full', 'mtu 512']

## Status

- This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]

- For more information see DEPRECATED.

### Authors

- Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)

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