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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 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.
      state
      		 no present
      • present
      • absent
      Whether the bridge should exist
      timeout
      		 no 5
        How long to wait for ovs-vswitchd to respond

        Examples

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

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

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