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openvswitch_bridge - Manage Open vSwitch bridges

New in version 1.4.

Synopsis

Manage Open vSwitch bridges

Requirements (on host that executes module)

  • ovs-vsctl

Options

parameter required default choices comments
bridge
 yes
Name of bridge or fake bridge to manage
external_ids
(added in 2.0)
 no None
A dictionary of external-ids. Omitting this parameter is a No-op. To clear all external-ids pass an empty value.
fail_mode
(added in 2.0)
 no None
  • secure
  • standalone
Set bridge fail-mode. The default value (None) is a No-op.
parent
(added in 2.3)
 no None
Bridge parent of the fake bridge to manage
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Whether the bridge should exist
timeout
 no 5
How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond
vlan
(added in 2.3)
 no None
The VLAN id of the fake bridge to manage (must be between 0 and 4095)

Examples

# Create a bridge named br-int
- openvswitch_bridge: bridge=br-int state=present

# Create a fake bridge named br-int within br-parent on the VLAN 405
- openvswitch_bridge: bridge=br-int parent=br-parent vlan=405 state=present

# Create an integration bridge
- openvswitch_bridge: bridge=br-int state=present fail_mode=secure
  args:
    external_ids:
        bridge-id: "br-int"

This is an Extras Module

For more information on what this means please read Extras Modules

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© 2012–2016 Michael DeHaan
© 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/openvswitch_bridge_module.html