Network:2021 Spring Roadmap

Status: PLANNED

This is an uncommitted roadmap for 2021 Spring Release (some things might get dropped before the final release).

Feedback welcome in #ansible-network on IRC or on slack.

Ansible Network Working Group:

Network Group.

Follow our progress:

GitHub Project Board.

Network Platform Collections:

EOS, NXOS, IOS, IOS-XR, JUNOS, VYOS.

New network resource modules:

• eos_bgp_global
• eos_bgp_address_family
• eos_route_maps
• nxos_bgp_global
• nxos_bgp_address_family
• nxos_bgp_neighbor_address_family
• nxos_route_maps
• ios_bgp_global
• ios_bgp_address_family
• ios_route_maps
• ios_prefix_lists
• junos_bgp_global
• junos_bgp_address_family
• junos_route_maps
• vyos_bgp_global
• vyos_bgp_address_family
• vyos_route_maps
• iosxr_bgp_global
• iosxr_bgp_address_family
• iosxr_bgp_neighbor_address_family

Network resource module enhancements:

• Introduce ‘available_network_resources’ key in facts modules.
• States for Resource modules: merged, replaced, overridden, deleted, gathered, rendered, parsed, purged.

ansible.netcommon collection:

NETCOMMON.

• Enable caching capabilities throughout a session.
• Direct Execution - Introduce a new connection parameter ‘ansible_network_import_modules’.
• Libssh (SCP, GSSAPI) related support in the connection plugin.
• Move sub_plugin to plugins/sub_plugins directory.

ansible-pylibssh:

PYLIBSSH.

• SCP API library support.
• GSSAPI based authentication support.

ansible.utils collection:

UTILS.

• Move sub_plugin to plugins/sub_plugins directory.
• 23 new dns, ip and network test plugins.
• cli_parse plugin.

ansible.network collection:

• Meta Collection group installer for supported network collections.