Set default value for provider transport

Fixes #30331
Set defualt value of provider to avoid
behaviour change before and after sub spec
validation was added as part of PR #28894

lib/ansible/module_utils/ce.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ce_provider_spec = {
     'use_ssl': dict(type='bool'),
     'validate_certs': dict(type='bool'),
     'timeout': dict(type='int'),
-    'transport': dict(choices=['cli']),
+    'transport': dict(default='cli', choices=['cli']),
 }
 ce_argument_spec = {
     'provider': dict(type='dict', options=ce_provider_spec),

lib/ansible/module_utils/eos.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ eos_provider_spec = {
     'validate_certs': dict(type='bool'),
     'timeout': dict(type='int'),
 
-    'transport': dict(choices=['cli', 'eapi'])
+    'transport': dict(default='cli', choices=['cli', 'eapi'])
 }
 eos_argument_spec = {
     'provider': dict(type='dict', options=eos_provider_spec),
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def check_args(module, warnings):
                     module.params[key]):
                 warnings.append('argument %s has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version' % key)
         else:
-            if key not in ['provider', 'authorize'] and module.params[key]:
+            if key not in ['provider', 'transport', 'authorize'] and module.params[key]:
                 warnings.append('argument %s has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version' % key)
 
     # set argument's default value if not provided in input

lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ nxos_provider_spec = {
     'validate_certs': dict(type='bool'),
     'timeout': dict(type='int'),
 
-    'transport': dict(choices=['cli', 'nxapi'])
+    'transport': dict(default='cli', choices=['cli', 'nxapi'])
 }
 nxos_argument_spec = {
     'provider': dict(type='dict', options=nxos_provider_spec),

lib/ansible/plugins/action/ce.py

@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
                     provider[key] = self._task.args[key]
                 elif 'fallback' in value:
                     provider[key] = self._fallback(value['fallback'])
+                elif 'default' in value:
+                    provider[key] = value['default']
                 elif key not in provider:
                     provider[key] = None
         return provider

lib/ansible/plugins/action/eos.py

@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
                     provider[key] = self._task.args[key]
                 elif 'fallback' in value:
                     provider[key] = self._fallback(value['fallback'])
+                elif 'default' in value:
+                    provider[key] = value['default']
                 elif key not in provider:
                     provider[key] = None
         return provider

lib/ansible/plugins/action/nxos.py

@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ class ActionModule(_ActionModule):
                     provider[key] = self._task.args[key]
                 elif 'fallback' in value:
                     provider[key] = self._fallback(value['fallback'])
+                elif 'default' in value:
+                    provider[key] = value['default']
                 elif key not in provider:
                     provider[key] = None
         return provider