Ansible-galaxy installation
Collection installation via ansible-galaxy#
Install from Ansible Galaxy#
arista.avd collection is available on Ansible Galaxy server and can be automatically installed on your system.
Latest version#
$ ansible-galaxy collection install arista.avd
Install specific version#
$ ansible-galaxy collection install arista.avd:==1.0.2
You can specify multiple range identifiers which are split by ,. You can use the following range identifiers:
*
: Any version, this is the default used when no range specified is set.!=
: Version is not equal to the one specified.==
: Version must be the one specified.>=
: Version is greater than or equal to the one specified.>
: Version is greater than the one specified.<=
: Version is less than or equal to the one specified.<
: Version is less than the one specified.
Install in specific directory#
If you want to install collection in a specific directory part of your project, you can call ansible-galaxy
and update your ansible.cfg
# Install collection under ${PWD/collections/}
$ ansible-galaxy collection install arista.avd -p collections/
# Update ansible.cfg file
$ vim ansible.cfg
collections_paths = ${PWD}/collections:~/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
Upgrade installed AVD collection#
You can use -f
to force installation of a new version for any installed collection:
$ ansible-galaxy collection install -f arista.avd
Process install dependency map
Starting collection install process
Installing 'arista.avd:1.0.2' to '/root/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/arista/avd'
Note: Ansible community is discussing option to implement specific triggers to support upgrade under issue #65699
Ansible resources#
You can find some additional information about how to use ansible’s collections on the following Ansible pages: