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• ansible-network-tools
  • Role info
  • Role purpose
  • Requirements
  • Role Variables
  • Dependencies
  • Example Playbook
  • License
  • Author Information

ansible-network-tools

Role info

An Ansible role to install various network related tools.

Role purpose

The purpose of this role is to install various network related tools which can be used for performing various tasks such as below:

• ARP discovery
• Bandwidth monitoring
• LLDP neighbor info
• Packet inspection
  • Captures
  • Dumps
• Port scanning
• Route tracing

Requirements

None

Role Variables

---
# defaults file for ansible-network-tools
network_tools_debian:
  - 'arp-scan'
  - 'arping'
  - 'arptables'
  - 'bmon'
  - 'dnsutils'
  - 'ifstat'
  - 'iftop'
  - 'iperf'
  - 'iproute'
  - 'lldpd'
  - 'lsof'
  - 'nbtscan'
  - 'netcat'
  - 'netdiscover'
  - 'netdiag'
  - 'nethogs'
  - 'netperf'
  - 'netsniff-ng'
  - 'nfdump'
  - 'ngrep'
  - 'nload'
  - 'nmap'
  - 'socat'
  - 'tcpdump'
  - 'tcpflow'
  - 'tcpstat'
  - 'tcptrace'
  - 'tcptrack'
  - 'telnet'
  - 'traceroute'

network_tools_redhat:
  - 'arp-scan'
  - 'arptables'
  - 'bind-utils'
  - 'bmon'
  - 'iftop'
  - 'iperf'
  - 'iproute'
  - 'iptraf'
  - 'iputils'
  - 'lldpd'
  - 'lsof'
  - 'nethogs'
  - 'netsniff-ng'
  - 'nfdump'
  - 'ngrep'
  - 'nload'
  - 'nmap'
  - 'nmap-ncat'
  - 'socat'
  - 'tcpdump'
  - 'tcpflow'
  - 'telnet'
  - 'traceroute'

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

- hosts: all
  vars:
  roles:
    - role: ansible-network-tools
  tasks:

License

MIT

Author Information

Larry Smith Jr.

• @mrlesmithjr
• EverythingShouldBeVirtual
• mrlesmithjr [at] gmail.com