Taking the headache out of setting up your link aggregation by using Ansible Automation

Now, we all know having something automated allows us to save time and effort. It also allows us to be consistent and that is necessary, especially when you are working on networking. We can build multiple different playbooks to set up different things or we can use variables. In this case, we are going to use variables as they are easiest to change around. With a variable, you can change the different settings easily while still only needing one playbook. An example of that would be when you have to choose between using round-robin and load balancing. This one variable can make sure that everything is set correctly. Along with other variables, such as the IP address and gateways, you can get away with only writing one playbook and then filling out the rest with variables.

Let’s start writing our playbook for network teaming using variables. These are a series of items that answer questions...