huawei-sw-interfaces_telnet

This Ansible role collects information about Huawei Switch interfaces using telnet. The goal of this project is to provide the same data (ansible_net_interfaces) as Cisco IOS.

Requirements

You need the following software:

• Ansible
• Git
• Python 2

Make sure you have these versions:

ansible version = 2.6.2
git version = 1.8.3.1-14
python2 version = 2.7.5
python2-pip version = 8.1.2-6
    re (built-in Python)
    sys (built-in Python)
    json (built-in Python)

Role Variables

The variable {{ inventory_hostname }} is automatically set based on your playbook YAML file.

In default/main.yml, you'll find the variables needed to use this role:

{{ usr }} - Telnet username
{{ pwd }} - Telnet password

To change the variables, use the format "var: value". For example:

usr: username
pwd: password

Directory Structure

├── defaults
│   └── main.yml
├── files
│   ├── facts
│   └── interfaces.py
├── handlers
│   └── main.yml
├── meta
│   └── main.yml
├── README.md
├── tasks
│   └── main.yml
├── temp
├── templates
├── tests
│   ├── inventory
│   └── test.yml
└── vars
    └── main.yml

Directory Highlights

├── files
│   ├── facts
│   └── interfaces.py

• /files: Python scripts
• /files/facts: where the gathered information is stored

├── temp 

• /temp: temporary storage for scripts

Installation

Follow the Ansible Galaxy installation guide (https://galaxy.ansible.com/).

Example Playbook

Here’s an example of how to use this role in a playbook:

 - hosts: CN2_EU_Huawei_telnet
   gather_facts: false
   connection: local
   roles:
   - role: huawei-sw-interface_telnet                    

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Author Information

Chun Lau (https://github.com/ssunlau)