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arista.eos.eos_interfaces
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**Interfaces resource module**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- This module manages the interface attributes of Arista EOS interfaces.




Parameters
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                    <b>config</b>
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                        <div>The provided configuration</div>
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                        <div>Interface description</div>
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                        <div>Interface link status. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only.</div>
                        <div>Values other than <code>auto</code> must also set <em>speed</em>.</div>
                        <div>Ignored when <em>speed</em> is set above <code>1000</code>.</div>
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                    <b>enabled</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>yes</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
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                        <div>Administrative state of the interface.</div>
                        <div>Set the value to <code>true</code> to administratively enable the interface or <code>false</code> to disable it.</div>
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                                    <li>layer2</li>
                                    <li>layer3</li>
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                        <div>Manage Layer2 or Layer3 state of the interface. Applicable for Ethernet and port channel interfaces only.</div>
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                        <div>MTU for a specific interface. Must be an even number between 576 and 9216. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only.</div>
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                    <b>name</b>
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                        <div>Full name of the interface, e.g. GigabitEthernet1.</div>
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                    <b>speed</b>
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                        <div>Interface link speed. Applicable for Ethernet interfaces only.</div>
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                    <b>running_config</b>
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                        <div>This option is used only with state <em>parsed</em>.</div>
                        <div>The value of this option should be the output received from the EOS device by executing the command <b>show running-config | section ^interface</b>.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module&#x27;s argspec and the value is then returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result.</div>
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                    <b>state</b>
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                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>replaced</li>
                                    <li>overridden</li>
                                    <li>deleted</li>
                                    <li>parsed</li>
                                    <li>rendered</li>
                                    <li>gathered</li>
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                        <div>The state of the configuration after module completion.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Tested against Arista EOS 4.24.6F
   - This module works with connection ``network_cli``. See the `EOS Platform Options <../network/user_guide/platform_eos.html>`_.



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using merged

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    - name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration
      arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1
          enabled: true
          mode: layer3
        - name: Ethernet2
          description: Configured by Ansible
          enabled: false
        state: merged

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    #    no switchport
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    #    description "Configured by Ansible"
    #    shutdown
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    # Using replaced

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    - name: Replaces device configuration of listed interfaces with provided configuration
      arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1
          enabled: true
        - name: Ethernet2
          description: Configured by Ansible
          enabled: false
        state: replaced

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    #    description "Configured by Ansible"
    #    shutdown
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    # Using overridden

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    - name: Overrides all device configuration with provided configuration
      arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1
          enabled: true
        - name: Ethernet2
          description: Configured by Ansible
          enabled: false
        state: overridden

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    #    description "Configured by Ansible"
    #    shutdown
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    # Using deleted

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    #    no switchport
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    - name: Delete or return interface parameters to default settings
      arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1
        state: deleted

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # veos#show running-config | section interface
    # interface Ethernet1
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    # !
    # interface Management1
    #    description "Management interface"
    #    ip address dhcp
    # !

    # Using rendered

    - name: Use Rendered to convert the structured data to native config
      arista.eos.eos_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1
          enabled: true
          mode: layer3
        - name: Ethernet2
          description: Configured by Ansible
          enabled: false
        state: merged

    # Output:
    # ------------

    # - "interface Ethernet1"
    # - "description "Interface 1""
    # - "no swithcport"
    # - "interface Ethernet2"
    # - "description "Configured by Ansible""
    # - "shutdown"
    # - "interface Management1"
    # - "description "Management interface""
    # - "ip address dhcp"

    # Using parsed
    # parsed.cfg

    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    #    description "Configured by Ansible"
    #    shutdown
    # !

    - name: Use parsed to convert native configs to structured data
      arista.eos.interfaces:
        running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
        state: parsed

    # Output
    # parsed:
    #     - name: Ethernet1
    #       enabled: True
    #       mode: layer2
    #     - name: Ethernet2
    #       description: 'Configured by Ansible'
    #       enabled: False
    #       mode: layer2

    # Using gathered:

    # Existing config on the device
    # -----------------------------
    # interface Ethernet1
    #    description "Interface 1"
    # !
    # interface Ethernet2
    #    description "Configured by Ansible"
    #    shutdown
    # !

    - name: Gather interfaces facts from the device
      arista.eos.interfaces:
        state: gathered

    # output
    # gathered:
    #      - name: Ethernet1
    #        enabled: True
    #        mode: layer2
    #      - name: Ethernet2
    #        description: 'Configured by Ansible'
    #        enabled: False
    #        mode: layer2



Return Values
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Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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                            <div>The configuration as structured data after module completion.</div>
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                            <div>The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.</div>
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                <td>always</td>
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                            <div>The set of commands pushed to the remote device.</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&#x27;interface Ethernet2&#x27;, &#x27;shutdown&#x27;, &#x27;speed 10full&#x27;]</div>
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Status
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Authors
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- Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)