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 Freenode or on slack

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GitHub Project

Network Platform Collections:

• eos_bgp_global
• eos_bgp_address_family
• eos_route_maps
• eos_prefix_lists
• nxos_bgp_global
• nxos_bgp_address_family
• nxos_route_maps
• nxos_prefix_lists
• ios_bgp_global
• ios_bgp_address_family
• ios_route_maps
• ios_prefix_lists
• junos_bgp_global
• junos_bgp_address_family
• junos_route_maps
• junos_prefix_lists
• vyos_bgp_global
• vyos_bgp_address_family
• vyos_route_maps
• vyos_prefix_lists
• iosxr_bgp_global
• iosxr_bgp_address_family
• iosxr_route_policy
• iosxr_prefix_sets
• Introduce ‘available_network_resources’ key in facts modules.
• States for Resource modules: merged, replaced, overridden, deleted, gathered, rendered, parsed, purged.

Netcommon Collection:

• Enable caching capabilities throughout a session
• Direct Execution - Introduce a new connection parameter ‘ansible_network_import_modules’
• Move sub_plugin to plugins/sub_plugins directory.

Libssh:

• SCP API library support
• GSSAPI library support

Utils Collection:

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

Ansible Network Collections

• Meta Collection group installer for supported network collections.