Deploying Ansible Modules

The NVUE ansible modules have been certified by RedHat and are available on Ansible Galaxy here and the Automation Hub here (requires login).

Important points to remember

• The modules have been tested with ansible core 2.11 and above.
• The modules support Python 3.6 and later.
• The modules have been validated against Cumulus Linux 5.4 and above.

Installing the modules

Installing from Ansible Galaxy

You can install the NVIDIA NVUE collection with the Ansible Galaxy CLI:

cumulus@oob-management:~$ ansible-galaxy collection install nvidia.nvue

You can also include the NVIDIA NVUE collection in a requirements.yml file and install it with ansible-galaxy collection install -r requirements.yml, using the format:

---
collections:
  - name: nvidia.nvue

Installing from git

You can install the NVIDIA NVUE collection using the git URL:

cumulus@oob-management:~$ ansible-galaxy collection install git+https://gitlab.com/nvidia-networking/systems-engineering/nvue.git

Verifying the installation

You can verify the installation using the following ansible-galaxy command:

cumulus@oob-management:~$ ansible-galaxy collection list

Sample Output:
# /home/ubuntu/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections
Collection        Version
----------------- -------
ansible.netcommon 5.1.2
ansible.utils     2.10.3
nvidia.nvue       1.0.1

# /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible_collections
Collection                    Version
----------------------------- -------
amazon.aws                    5.2.0
ansible.netcommon             4.1.0
ansible.posix                 1.5.1
ansible.utils                 2.9.0
ansible.windows               1.13.0
arista.eos                    6.0.0
awx.awx                       21.12.0
azure.azcollection            1.14.0
check_point.mgmt              4.0.0
chocolatey.chocolatey         1.4.0
...