Integrating Ansible with VyOS

What is X:

1. Ansible is an open-source software provisioning, configuration management, and application-deployment tool.
2. VyOS is a Linux-based network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality.

What you need to prepare:

1. OS for your ansible (I am using ubuntu 18.04 LTS on Hyper-V with multipass) -- download multipass here
2. VyOS image (I am using vyos-1.1.8-amd64) -- download image here
3. Hypervisor for your Ansible & VyOS (I am using Hyper-V)

Implementation:

• After installing multipass, you could launch ubuntu-lts on your Hyper-V. 

• Install VyOS on Hyper-V

Create virtual switch 'Internal' and 'External':

Create new VM on Hyper-V:

- Login into VyOS using user/pass: vyos/vyos
- Install VyOS by using following command: "install system"
- After installation process succeeded, unmount DVD/ISO so that booting process will be running from HDD. 

Configure interface eth0 & eth1 on VyOS:

• Install Ansible on your Ubuntu

• Integrate Ansible <<>> VyOS

Configure SSH service:

Setting up your playbook for VyOS:

Running your ansible-playbook:

Sources:

https://multipass.run/

http://duffney.io/Vyos-VirtualRouter-Hyper-V

https://support.vyos.io/en/downloads/files/vyos-1-1-8-iso
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/installation_guide/intro_installation.html#installing-ansible-on-ubuntu
https://wiki.vyos.net/wiki/Remote_access
INE Video Tutorial: Ansible with Vyatta