CumulusLinux

An Ansible role to manage Cumulus Linux through NCLU module.

Requirements

Cumulus Linux version 3.2+ only, previous releases do not support NCLU.

Role Variables

Variable	Description	Type	Default
cl_license	CumulusLinux license	String	''
cl_hostname	Hostname of the device	String	cumulus
cl_time_zone	Timezone	String	Etc/UTC
cl_time_ntp_servers	NTP servers list, possibility to add iburst option	Array	[]
cl_time_ntp_source	NTP source interface	String	eth0
cl_locales	Enable locale from locale-gen	Array	[]
cl_dns_nameserver	DNS nameserver from two subarray ipv4 and ipv6	Hash	{}
cl_commands	Ansible nclu atomic commands using recursive lookup, permit del/add actions, played first	Hash	{}
cl_snmp	snmp-server settings from net add snmp-server using recursive lookup	Hash	{}
cl_syslog	syslog setings from two subarray of hash ipv4 and ipv6, each entry need an ip + a port and optionaly a proto(udp/tcp)	Hash	{}
cl_interface	interface settings from net add interface using recursive lookup	Hash	{}
cl_bond	bond settings from net add bond using recursive lookup	Hash	{}
cl_vlan	vlan settings from net add vlan using recursive lookup	Hash	{}

Dependencies

None

Custom Lookup

Recursive

To manage Cumulus Linux interface configuration with Ansible, I coded a lookup plugin to be able to construct the variables from a hash and it will recursivly read the nested hash to transform the hash into a list of strings.

Every depth into the variables will be added to the nclu command like that:

var:

cl_interface:
  swp1:
    ip:
      address: 192.168.1.1/24
    link:
      speed: 100
  swp2:
    bridge:
      trunk:
        vlans:
          - 1-5
          - 10,12

results:

swp1 ip address 192.168.1.1/24
swp2 bridge trunk vlans 1-5
swp2 bridge trunk vlans 10,12

This way I find the structure of the variables more readable for complex settings.

Example Playbook

    - hosts: leaf01
      roles:
        - cumuluslinux
      vars:
        cl_license: user@company.com|thequickbrownfoxjumpsoverthelazydog312
        cl_hostname: leaf01
        cl_time_zone: Europe/Paris
        cl_time_ntp_servers:
          - 0.cumulusnetworks.pool.ntp.org iburst
          - 1.cumulusnetworks.pool.ntp.org 
          - 2.cumulusnetworks.pool.ntp.org 
          - 3.cumulusnetworks.pool.ntp.org 
        cl_time_ntp_source: eth1
        cl_locales:
          - en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
          - fr_FR.UTF-8 UTF-8
        cl_dns_nameserver:
          ipv4:
            - 9.9.9.9
            - 1.1.1.1
          ipv6:
            - 2620:fe::fe
        cl_interface:
          swp1:
            ip:
              address: 192.168.1.1/24
            link:
              speed: 100
          swp2:
            bridge:
              trunk:
                vlans:
                  - 1-5
                  - 10,12
        cl_snmp:
          listening-address:
            ip:
              - 192.168.1.10
              - 192.168.1.20
          readonly-community:
            my_rocommunity:
              access: any
        cl_commands:
          add:
            vrf: mgmt
          del:
            snmp-server: all
        cl_syslog:
          ipv4:
            - ip: 192.168.1.10
              port: 5000
              proto: tcp
            - ip: 192.168.1.20
              port: 6000
          ipv6:
            - ip: 2001:db8::1
              port: 5000
        cl_bond:
          uplink:
            bond:
              slaves:
                - swp1
                - swp2
        cl_vlan:
          100:
            ip:
              adress:
                - 10.10.10.0/24

License

MIT

Author Information

Maxime Lareo

Feedback, bug-reports, requests, ...

Are welcome !