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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2017, Ansible by Red Hat, inc
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible by Red Hat
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible. If not, see .
+#
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+ 'status': ['preview'],
+ 'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+module: vyos_ping
+short_description: Tests reachability using ping from VyOS network devices
+description:
+ - Tests reachability using ping from a VyOS device to a remote destination.
+ - Tested against VyOS 1.1.8 (helium)
+ - For a general purpose network module, see the M(net_ping) module.
+ - For Windows targets, use the M(win_ping) module instead.
+ - For targets running Python, use the M(ping) module instead.
+author:
+ - Nilashish Chakraborty (@nilashishc)
+version_added: '2.8'
+options:
+ dest:
+ description:
+ - The IP Address or hostname (resolvable by the device) of the remote node.
+ required: true
+ count:
+ description:
+ - Number of packets to send to check reachability.
+ type: int
+ default: 5
+ source:
+ description:
+ - The source interface or IP Address to use while sending the ping packet(s).
+ ttl:
+ description:
+ - The time-to-live value for the ICMP packet(s).
+ type: int
+ size:
+ description:
+ - Determines the size (in bytes) of the ping packet(s).
+ type: int
+ interval:
+ description:
+ - Determines the interval (in seconds) between consecutive pings.
+ type: int
+ state:
+ description:
+ - Determines if the expected result is success or fail.
+ choices: [ absent, present ]
+ default: present
+notes:
+ - For a general purpose network module, see the M(net_ping) module.
+ - For Windows targets, use the M(win_ping) module instead.
+ - For targets running Python, use the M(ping) module instead.
+extends_documentation_fragment: vyos
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Test reachability to 10.10.10.10
+ vyos_ping:
+ dest: 10.10.10.10
+
+- name: Test reachability to 10.20.20.20 using source and ttl set
+ vyos_ping:
+ dest: 10.20.20.20
+ source: eth0
+ ttl: 128
+
+- name: Test unreachability to 10.30.30.30 using interval
+ vyos_ping:
+ dest: 10.30.30.30
+ interval: 3
+ state: absent
+
+- name: Test reachability to 10.40.40.40 setting count and source
+ vyos_ping:
+ dest: 10.40.40.40
+ source: eth1
+ count: 20
+ size: 512
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+commands:
+ description: List of commands sent.
+ returned: always
+ type: list
+ sample: ["ping 10.8.38.44 count 10 interface eth0 ttl 128"]
+packet_loss:
+ description: Percentage of packets lost.
+ returned: always
+ type: str
+ sample: "0%"
+packets_rx:
+ description: Packets successfully received.
+ returned: always
+ type: int
+ sample: 20
+packets_tx:
+ description: Packets successfully transmitted.
+ returned: always
+ type: int
+ sample: 20
+rtt:
+ description: The round trip time (RTT) stats.
+ returned: when ping succeeds
+ type: dict
+ sample: {"avg": 2, "max": 8, "min": 1, "mdev": 24}
+"""
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.network.vyos.vyos import run_commands
+from ansible.module_utils.network.vyos.vyos import vyos_argument_spec
+import re
+
+
+def main():
+ """ main entry point for module execution
+ """
+ argument_spec = dict(
+ count=dict(type="int", default=5),
+ dest=dict(type="str", required=True),
+ source=dict(type="str"),
+ ttl=dict(type='int'),
+ size=dict(type='int'),
+ interval=dict(type='int'),
+ state=dict(type="str", choices=["absent", "present"], default="present"),
+ )
+
+ argument_spec.update(vyos_argument_spec)
+
+ module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec)
+
+ count = module.params["count"]
+ dest = module.params["dest"]
+ source = module.params["source"]
+ size = module.params["size"]
+ ttl = module.params["ttl"]
+ interval = module.params["interval"]
+
+ warnings = list()
+
+ results = {}
+ if warnings:
+ results["warnings"] = warnings
+
+ results["commands"] = [build_ping(dest, count, size, interval, source, ttl)]
+
+ ping_results = run_commands(module, commands=results["commands"])
+ ping_results_list = ping_results[0].split("\n")
+
+ rtt_info, rate_info = None, None
+ for line in ping_results_list:
+ if line.startswith('rtt'):
+ rtt_info = line
+ if line.startswith('%s packets transmitted' % count):
+ rate_info = line
+
+ if rtt_info:
+ rtt = parse_rtt(rtt_info)
+ for k, v in rtt.items():
+ if rtt[k] is not None:
+ rtt[k] = int(v)
+ results["rtt"] = rtt
+
+ pkt_loss, rx, tx = parse_rate(rate_info)
+ results["packet_loss"] = str(pkt_loss) + "%"
+ results["packets_rx"] = int(rx)
+ results["packets_tx"] = int(tx)
+
+ validate_results(module, pkt_loss, results)
+
+ module.exit_json(**results)
+
+
+def build_ping(dest, count, size=None, interval=None, source=None, ttl=None):
+ cmd = "ping {0} count {1}".format(dest, str(count))
+
+ if source:
+ cmd += " interface {0}".format(source)
+
+ if ttl:
+ cmd += " ttl {0}".format(str(ttl))
+
+ if size:
+ cmd += " size {0}".format(str(size))
+
+ if interval:
+ cmd += " interval {0}".format(str(interval))
+
+ return cmd
+
+
+def parse_rate(rate_info):
+ rate_re = re.compile(
+ r"(?P\d+) (?:\w+) (?:\w+), (?P\d+) (?:\w+), (?P\d+)% (?:\w+) (?:\w+), (?:\w+) (?P