.. _vyos.vyos.vyos_facts_module:


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vyos.vyos.vyos_facts
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**Get facts about vyos devices.**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- Collects facts from network devices running the vyos operating system. This module places the facts gathered in the fact tree keyed by the respective resource name.  The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.




Parameters
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                    <b>available_network_resources</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <div>When &#x27;True&#x27; a list of network resources for which resource modules are available will be provided.</div>
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                    <b>gather_network_resources</b>
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                        <div>When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all and the resources like interfaces. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial <code>!</code> to specify that a specific subset should not be collected. Valid subsets are &#x27;all&#x27;, &#x27;interfaces&#x27;, &#x27;l3_interfaces&#x27;, &#x27;lag_interfaces&#x27;, &#x27;lldp_global&#x27;, &#x27;lldp_interfaces&#x27;, &#x27;static_routes&#x27;, &#x27;firewall_rules&#x27;, &#x27;firewall_global&#x27;, &#x27;firewall_interfaces&#x27;, &#x27;ospfv3&#x27;, &#x27;ospfv2&#x27;.</div>
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                    <b>gather_subset</b>
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                        <b>Default:</b><br/><div style="color: blue">"min"</div>
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                        <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>neighbors</code> and <code>min</code>. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial <code>!</code> to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Tested against VyOS 1.1.8 (helium).
   - This module works with connection ``ansible.netcommon.network_cli``. See `the VyOS OS Platform Options <../network/user_guide/platform_vyos.html>`_.
   - For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    # Gather all facts
    - vyos.vyos.vyos_facts:
        gather_subset: all
        gather_network_resources: all

    # collect only the config and default facts
    - vyos.vyos.vyos_facts:
        gather_subset: config

    # collect everything exception the config
    - vyos.vyos.vyos_facts:
        gather_subset: '!config'

    # Collect only the interfaces facts
    - vyos.vyos.vyos_facts:
        gather_subset:
        - '!all'
        - '!min'
        gather_network_resources:
        - interfaces

    # Do not collect interfaces facts
    - vyos.vyos.vyos_facts:
        gather_network_resources:
        - '!interfaces'

    # Collect interfaces and minimal default facts
    - vyos.vyos.vyos_facts:
        gather_subset: min
        gather_network_resources: interfaces



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 class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_api</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                <td>always</td>
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                            <div>The name of the transport</div>
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                    <b>ansible_net_commits</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>when present</td>
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                            <div>The set of available configuration revisions</div>
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                    <b>ansible_net_config</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                <td>when config is configured</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The running-config from the device</div>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_gather_network_resources</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The list of fact resource subsets collected from the device</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
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                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_gather_subset</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The list of subsets gathered by the module</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_hostname</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The configured system hostname</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_model</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The device model string</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_neighbors</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                </td>
                <td>when interface is configured</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The set of LLDP neighbors</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
            </tr>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_python_version</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The Python version Ansible controller is using</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_serialnum</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The serial number of the device</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
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                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>ansible_net_version</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The version of the software running</div>
                    <br/>
                </td>
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Status
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Authors
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- Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)
- Nilashish Chakraborty (@Nilashishc)
- Rohit Thakur (@rohitthakur2590)