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| author | omnom62 <75066712+omnom62@users.noreply.github.com> | 2026-08-22 01:36:21 +1000 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2026-08-21 10:36:21 -0500 |
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T8989: wave3 user, bgp_global, bgp_address_family, facts, firewall_global
* T8989: vyos_user module
* T8989: Wave 3 vyos_user module with integration and unit tests
* T8989: Wave 3 vyos_bgp_global module with integration and unit tests
* T8989: Wave 3 vyos_bgp_address_family module with integration and unit tests
* T8989: Add overridden integration tests for vyos_bgp_global and vyos_bgp_address_family
* T8989: vyos_facts
* T8989: Add vyos_facts integration and unit tests with fixtures
* T8989: vyos_firewall_global module
* T8989: vyos_firewall_global module with integration and unit tests
* T8989: vyos_firewall_rules module
* T8989: vyos_firewall_rules module with integration and unit tests
* T8989: vyos_firewall_interfaces module
* T8989: vyos_firewall_interfaces module
* T8989: vyos_firewall_interfaces UAT & SIT
* T8989: vyos_firewall_interfaces UAT & SIT
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diff --git a/docs/vyos.rest.vyos_facts_module.rst b/docs/vyos.rest.vyos_facts_module.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d5c6a89 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/vyos.rest.vyos_facts_module.rst @@ -0,0 +1,296 @@ +.. _vyos.rest.vyos_facts_module: + + +******************** +vyos.rest.vyos_facts +******************** + +**Get facts about VyOS devices using REST API** + + +Version added: 1.0.0 + +.. contents:: + :local: + :depth: 1 + + +Synopsis +-------- +- Collects facts from VyOS devices via the REST API. +- Returns structured facts under the ``ansible_facts`` key. +- Uses REST API (``connection=httpapi``) instead of CLI. + + + + +Parameters +---------- + +.. raw:: html + + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table"> + <tr> + <th colspan="1">Parameter</th> + <th>Choices/<font color="blue">Defaults</font></th> + <th width="100%">Comments</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div> + <b>gather_network_resources</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">list</span> + / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span> + </div> + </td> + <td> + </td> + <td> + <div>When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values include the resource module names.</div> + <div>This argument is not currently used.</div> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div> + <b>gather_subset</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">list</span> + / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span> + </div> + </td> + <td> + <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">["default"]</div> + </td> + <td> + <div>When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include <code>all</code>, <code>default</code>, <code>config</code>, <code>interfaces</code>, <code>hostname</code>, <code>users</code>, <code>bgp</code>, <code>ospf</code>, <code>ntp</code>, <code>snmp</code> and <code>logging</code>.</div> + <div>Specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Use the exclamation mark (<code>!</code>) before a value to exclude it. Values <code>all</code> and <code>default</code> cannot be combined with each other or with negation.</div> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <br/> + + +Notes +----- + +.. note:: + - Requires ``ansible_connection=httpapi`` with the VyOS httpapi plugin. + - ``ansible_network_os`` must be set to ``vyos.rest.vyos``. + - Only configuration facts are available via the REST API. Operational state (interface counters, BGP neighbors) is not supported. + + + +Examples +-------- + +.. code-block:: yaml + + - name: Gather all facts + vyos.rest.vyos_facts: + gather_subset: all + + - name: Gather default facts + vyos.rest.vyos_facts: + + - name: Gather interface and hostname facts only + vyos.rest.vyos_facts: + gather_subset: + - interfaces + - hostname + + - name: Gather all except config + vyos.rest.vyos_facts: + gather_subset: + - all + - '!config' + + +Returned Facts +-------------- +Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the ``hostvars`` host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them. + +.. raw:: html + + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table"> + <tr> + <th colspan="1">Fact</th> + <th>Returned</th> + <th width="100%">Description</th> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_bgp</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>BGP configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_config</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>Full device configuration as structured data. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_hostname</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">string</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>Device hostname. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_interfaces</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>Interface configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_logging</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>Logging configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_ntp</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>NTP configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_ospf</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>OSPFv2 configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_ospfv3</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>OSPFv3 configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_snmp</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>SNMP configuration. + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + <tr> + <td colspan="1" colspan="1"> + <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div> + <b>vyos_users</b> + <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this fact"></a> + <div style="font-size: small"> + <span style="color: purple">list</span> + </div> + </td> + <td></td> + <td> + <div>User accounts (without passwords). + </div> + <br/> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <br/><br/> + + + +Status +------ + + +Authors +~~~~~~~ + +- VyOS Community (@vyos) |
