Network Automation Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Create an all.yml file inside the group_vars folder, with the following management VRF data:

$ cat  group_vars/all.yml global:  mgmt_vrf: MGMT

2. Create a new playbook called pb_eos_enable_eapi.yml, as shown in the following code block:

 $ cat pb_eos_eanble_eapi.yml ---- name: "Enable eAPI on Arista Switches"  hosts: arista  vars:    ansible_connection: network_cli  tasks:    - name: "Enable eAPI"      eos_eapi:        https_port: 443        https: yes        state: started

3. Update the pb_eos_enable_eapi.yml playbook with the following task, to enable eAPI under the management VRF:

    - name: "Enable eAPI under VRF"      eos_eapi:        state: started        vrf: "{{global.mgmt_vrf}}"

4. Update the arista.yml file inside the group_vars folder with the connection setting to use ...