lldpad Cookbook

This cookbooks contains recipes and custom resource to install and configure lldpad

Requirements

Platforms

• centos - not fully tested on centos, but should work
• redhat - not fully tested on redhat, but should work
• fedora - not fully tested on redhat, but should work
• scientific - not fully tested on scientific, but should work
• ubuntu - not fully tested on ubuntu, but should work
• debian - not fully tested on debian, but should work

Chef

• Chef 12.0 or later

Attributes

lldpad::default

Key	Type	Description	Default
['lldpad']['install_on_vm_guest']	Boolean	whether to install lldpad on virtual machines	false
['lldpad']['disabled_int_type']	Array	Types of interfaces that should be disabled (adminStatus=disabled)	%w(team bond)
['lldpad']['ignored_int_type']	Array	Types of interfaces that should be left unconfigured	%w(docker)
['lldpad']['adminStatus']	Symbol	Default lldp setting for interface. :rx - Receive lldp packets :tx - Transmit lldp packets :rxtx - Receive and transmit lldp packets :disabled - lldp doesn't work on this interface	:rxtx
['lldpad']['sysName']	Boolean	Whether to transmit System Name TLV	true
['lldpad']['sysDesc']	Boolean	Whether to transmit System Description TLV	true
['lldpad']['sysCap']	Boolean	Whether to transmit System Caption TLV	true
['lldpad']['portDesc']	Boolean	Whether to transmit Port Description TLV	true
['lldpad']['portID']['enableTx']	Boolean	Whether to transmit Port ID TLV	true
['lldpad']['portID']['subtype']	Symbol	Value of Port ID TLV to be transmitted :PORT_ID_INTERFACE_NAME - Interface name :PORT_ID_MAC_ADDRESS - Mac address :PORT_ID_NETWORK_ADDRESS - IP address	:PORT_ID_INTERFACE_NAME
['lldpad']['chassisID']['enableTx']	Boolean	Whether to transmit Chassis ID TLV	true
['lldpad']['chassisID']['subtype']	Symbol	Value of Port ID TLV to be transmitted :CHASSIS_ID_INTERFACE_NAME - Interface name :CHASSIS_ID_MAC_ADDRESS - Mac address :CHASSIS_ID_NETWORK_ADDRESS - IP address	:PORT_ID_MAC_ADDRESS

Usage

lldpad::default

Just include lldpad in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[lldpad]"
  ]
}

Contributing

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Authors: Dmitry Shestoperov